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Hacktivists infect 30,000 PCs at Saudi oil company

For as long as there have been computers, there have been hackers. Moving forward in the 21st century, there seems to be an ever increasing risk of activists, with a political agenda and computer skills, attacking major companies without putting themselves at risk in the streets. KitGuru considers this latest wave of attacks and what it could mean for corporate security in the future.  Roll the clock back around 4,000 years and the small strip of land to the West of Jordan was owned by the Canaanites, a land of merchants. At some point the Israelites conquered the land, followed by the Babylonians and it’s been the same ever since. According to who you speak to, this land is not Israel or Palestine. For the Arab Youth Group (AYG), the area should be Palestine and, they feel, that claim should be backed up by all in the Arab world. From what you can find on the web, the AYG believes that Saudi Arabia has got into bed with the USA (and, through that relationship, I...