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An article in The Washington Post on May 20, 2003 explained how a Washington D.C.-based provider of ethnology for online payment transactions was attacked by a group of hackers from Russia. The nightmare started when the provider received an e-mail from someone who identified himself as "Alex," saying that his company's security had been compromised, and that he (Alex) would like to help him. The offer of help was, of course, a threat: it would cost him $500,000 for the "help." Alex belonged to a group he identified as the "Expert Group of Protection Against Hackers." Much later, investigation of this group by the FBI resulted in them finding 2,700 megabytes of ...