InfoWorld - Security Adviser: The 4 most likely reasons you were hacked

When your system has been compromised, it's safe to assume the worst. Here's what the bad guys have in mind

By Roger A. Grimes
FEBRUARY 05, 2013

In the good old days, most hacking was performed by young males looking to boost their self-esteem. Nowadays, almost all hacking and malware is carried out with criminal intent. Yet for some reason, people who get hacked or are infected by malware still treat the problem as if it were a mere annoyance, as if they'd been infected by a virus from 1998.

I have two words for those people: Wake up! If your computer has been compromised, here are the four most likely reasons. Be warned: They're not pretty.

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