hi all,

yea, if you thought that you can only be hijacked when you are in an aircraft in midair, think twice...cyber-hijacking is here...see the link:

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2010/11/china-web-hijacking-shows-net-at-risk.html

the biggest worry now is, is anybody who uses the web to carry out any business, commercial or social transactions safe? consider also our pictures that we send over the web falling into the wrong hands and finding their way into the porn industry on failure to pay the ransoms...our emails...military and other government information exchange etc etc...

could be another technological front for making money by the cyber-pirates!!!

I remember reading a story in the paper last week that mentioned that the Ministry of Defence lost about a billion shillings because they used unencrypted channels. Some Russian hackers intercepted the transfer