Some IT security experts are hackers, shocka
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Yet another survey of IT security professionals has discovered that half of them aren't adverse to a bit of hacking. Of those who admitted hacking, 73 per cent said they were doing so to test the strength of their own network's defences, 13 per cent were doing it for giggles and three per cent were having a pop at the competition. Compiled at this year’s Infosecurity Europe 2010, the survey also found that 31 per cent admitted to being victims of hacking...
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