back to article Russian friends make German web scum the 'best' in European Union

The German cyber crime market is an overlooked but unique beast that works in lockstep with Russian veterans to serve fraud-flinging newcomers and hardened carders alike, researchers say. In one of the few examinations into German crime forums a team of Trend Micro threat bods say the scene is the most developed in the …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Keeping up

    "The German cyber criminal underground is well-developed-and-managed by cyber criminals even though it remains a small community in number compared with the Russian and Brazilian underground markets," researchers say.

    It would be nice to read exactly why the Germans hackers are so few in relation to the rest, considering that it is an article about the German hacker community...

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Keeping up

      It would be nice to read exactly why the Germans hackers are so few in relation to the rest,

      1) Germany: 80m pop'n, Russia + Brazil: 340m pop'n

      2) Germany per capita income c$41k, Russia, Brazil per capital income c$8.5k (before the recent commodity price collapses that hit both Russia & Brazil hard)

      3) Transparency international corruption index - Germany 12th in the world, Brazil 69th, Russia 136th.

      4) By less developed country standards, internet access is very widely available in Russia (70% of population) and Brazil (60%)

      So, in summary, there's more Russians & Brazilians, they are driven by worse economic prospects, they have internet access, and their respective states are less able or less willing to enforce the rule of law.

      1. asdf
        Thumb Up

        Re: Keeping up

        @Ledswinger - very good break down worth more than a simple +1

      2. cd

        Re: Keeping up

        Led, if you don't work for The Economist, you should.

  2. Your alien overlord - fear me

    of the 70,000 'users' I wonder how many are researchers for AV software?

  3. x 7

    damn russian commie crooks. Should've nuked them when we had the chance

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      nice

      you forgot your Trump 2016 signature.

  4. Slacker@work
    Coat

    Never judge a story by it's title....

    Bugger - there was me hoping for a breakdown on the latest trends in European skin flicks and how they have improved with the influx of East European "actresses"

    *grabs his dirty mac*

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