[SLUG] Another Reason For Linux?

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Sure sounds like another basis from which Linux may be promoted.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42143,00.html

Faster Home Computers a Target of Hackers

Friday, January 04, 2002

WASHINGTON - Computer hackers, once satisfied to test their skills on
large companies, are turning their sights on home computers that are faster,
more powerful and less secure than ever before.

The hackers can steal your identity, destroy your data or use your computer
to
launch attacks on Web sites or your friends.

"Home machines weren't very interesting targets a few years ago," said Mikko
Hypponen of antivirus company F-Secure in Finland. "That's all changed now."

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