Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Cyberpoaching: Why Hackers Pose a Deadly Threat to Endangered Animals

From Mashable

The most dangerous poacher of the 21st century might do his work behind a computer screen.


The attempted hacking of a Bengal tiger's GPS collar in the Panna Tiger Reserve last July alerted the world to a new kind of threat to its wildlife: cyberpoaching. Since then, many proactive wildlife experts have been trying to figure out how to fight a poacher who sits half a world away from the animals they're targeting.


Faced with small budgets and an ever-evolving enemy, solving the problem is no easy task for conservationists.


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