Some hackers make more than $80,000 a month — here's how

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http://www.businessinsider.com/we-found-out-how-much-money-hackers-actually-make-2015-7

By CALE GUTHRIE WEISSMAN
Business Insider
Jul. 14, 2015

It's a known fact that hacking makes money. But how much money? And how do 
hackers carry out their internal dealings with one another so as not to 
step on each other's toes?

Much like the fine-tuned systems of mafias and gangs that act almost 
identically to businesses, hackers have also created their own extremely 
intricate systems — and the scale of their operations is astounding.

Security researchers have been embedding themselves into these online 
underbellies to see precisely what's going on. This way they can get an 
early look at the malware hackers are cooking up, while also learning just 
how the system works.

The information security company Trustwave has been doing just this for 
years. It now has a lot to show for it, including discovering how much 
money a hacking gang makes and how precisely the cybercrime ecosystem 
works.

Trustwave's VP of Security Research Ziv Mador has put together a 
presentation he gives to customers so they can get a better handle on how 
to protect themselves. As he put it, it's just a "glance of what we find."

But Mador has given Business Insider an exclusive look at the wheeling and 
dealing of hackers inside this secretive world — check it out below.

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