The system is _not at war_

Oh noes! Hackers are out to hack the gibson and steal everything!!... says "experts" from one anti-spyware company I've never heard of.

"Security firms say Internet crime can be hard to combat because it embraces different continents and time zones."

-- Say it isn't so, the internet is being used from more than across the street!

"Criminals are hiring students to plant as sleepers in companies and huge amounts of data can be removed on small, portable memory sticks."

-- Where are the hackers?

"Modern mobile phones are in essence miniature portable computers..."

-- Isn't that exactly what they are? I mean, it's not magic that's running those ringtones and fancy games you downloaded.

"As people grow wise to email scams, criminal gangs will find new ways to commit online fraud, sell fake goods or steal corporate secrets."

-- Hasn't: "As people grow wise to email scams, criminal gangs will find new ways to commit online fraud, sell fake goods or steal corporate secrets." Been true for a long time?

Simply put, there is no big conspiricy of hackers, just lots of scammers that want to make an easy buck. Be smart, don't type in your credit card number if you don't trust the site or at least see https:// first.