The menace within
Is BitDefender really staffed by Romanian vampire hackers...?
A recent report by the Associated Press claims that 'computer-savvy
Romanians are fast emerging as a bold menace in the shadowy world of
cybercrime', citing as part of its evidence the fact that more than 60
Romanians have been arrested in recent international operations concerning
crime of an electronic nature.
While VB would advise strongly against making such blanket statements (and
point out that the AV industry boasts many fine security experts hailing
from Romania), VB was astonished that a spokesperson for Bucharest-based
BitDefender made no attempt to refute the claim and, more surprising still,
seemed to imply that the programmers within his own company would have been
up to no good themselves but for having found gainful employment in the
company.
In reference to BitDefender's programmers, Communications Manager
Mihai Radu is quoted as saying, 'They can do anything. If they weren't
working for us, who knows what they'd be up to.'
Without wishing to stir up
any trouble, VB wonders what an effect this statement to the press may have
had on morale within the company - and fears it might take more than a
round of chocolate biscuits to pacify a room full of affronted AV
researchers ...
04 November 2003
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