| Pornography, a multi-million industry, is good | | | | Computer hackers are able to access these kinds |
| business. Adult videos and magazines are always | | | | of site without paying a dime by stealing account |
| doing brisk sales. But aside from these forms of | | | | passwords. This is done through "trash diving." |
| media, billions of people around the world turn to | | | | Hackers go through trash cans and search for |
| the Internet to access pornography. Finding an | | | | invoices or ATM receipts that contain useful |
| Internet connection is not hard these days. Some | | | | information such as credit card information. Once |
| people no longer use a traditional plug-in modem | | | | they find these accounts, they now can enter |
| to connect to the web, and instead use wireless | | | | any website and charge the fees to the accounts |
| modems and cellular phones. This becomes a big | | | | they have just hacked into. Aside from this, they |
| problem for people who run adult websites | | | | can also give these passwords to fellow hackers |
| because it is now easy to hack into their sites and | | | | who can enter your site for free, thus reducing |
| enter it illegally. | | | | your profit. |
| Getting your own site | | | | The problem with these hackers is that tracking |
| So how does one run this kind of business? The | | | | them down is almost impossible. Hackers use high |
| most important thing you need before anything | | | | end lap tops and wireless modems to connect to |
| else is to have a merchant account. This is an | | | | the Internet. Because of the mobility of these |
| account that allows you to collect credit card fees | | | | hackers, tracking them and the transactions they |
| from your clients. Adult sites are considered "high | | | | have made is very difficult. |
| risk" because they are the kind of business that | | | | The best way to keep yourself protected from |
| usually runs "offshore." It means that they do not | | | | hackers is to always be vigilant and cautious when |
| really have a physical establishment. They are also | | | | running your website. Learning more about the |
| considered "high risk" because they are often | | | | methods hackers use can certainly be useful, as |
| victims of Internet fraud. | | | | well. |
| Hacking into the accounts | | | | |