The Adventures of a Cybercrime Gumshoe
Summary: Two reporters, Mark Stencel of poynter.org and Business Week's Karen Weise, profiled Brian Krebs about his work as an independent investigative reporter. Weise noted his December 18 revelation that hackers stole tens of millions of customers' financial data from Target, and Deloitte intelligence head Lance James said no intelligence agency could get as much as Krebs does.
Key Takeaway: Krebs reported that key information behind his best scoops comes as readily from people actively engaged in cybercrime as from industry experts fighting fraud, and a commenter noted a Ukrainian man selling stolen Target data offered Krebs $10,000 to back off the story.
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