Cybercrime boss offers a Ferrari for hacker who dreams up the biggest scam

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/cybercrime-boss-offers-a-ferrari-for-hacker-who-dreams-up-the-biggest-scam-9349931.html

By Paul Peachey
Crime Correspondent
The Independent
11 May 2014

The leader of a global cybercrime syndicate offered his associates a 
Ferrari for the hacker who came up with the best scam, according to a 
senior European security source.

The gift – made on a professionally produced video hidden in a dark recess 
of the internet – formed the basis of a bizarre "employee of the month" 
competition for the organised crime gang. On the tape, a presenter is 
pictured in a car showroom alongside a Porsche, a Ferrari and glamorous 
female assistants who offer the prize for the most successful hacker.

Troels Oerting, the head of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), said 
this was a sign of the lengths that organised crime will go to recruit and 
retain young technological talent.

The scheme – operated from an unspecified eastern European destination – 
highlights the huge rewards on offer for relative risk-free criminal 
operations that can net the masterminds millions of pounds from countries 
that operate as safe havens – far beyond the reach of European security 
officials.

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