International - South Korean police arrested nine employees of an Internet
security firm on Friday and charged them with breaking into some 70 Web
sites, a few of which they were supposed to protect from hacking. The
illegal operation began in June when the firm organized its so-called
"Tiger Team," a special unit staffed by computer experts charged with the
task of looking for weaknesses in the homepages of banks, brokerage houses
and insurance companies. Nine of the companies had requested security
services from the Internet security firm. The Tiger Team members are said
to have reported the weaknesses to top managers of the company, and
established secret routes for accessing protected information. (Source:
Seoul Chungang Ilbo, 23 December)
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