Romania: How a Remote Town Has Become Cybercrime Central

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February 7th, 2011

Among law enforcement officials around the world, the city of 120,000 has a nickname: Hackerville. It’s something of a misnomer; the town is indeed full of online crooks, but only a small percentage of them are actual hackers.

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