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Global Recession Hits Every Market?

A somewhat behind the scenes Crimeware-as-a-service scheme opened up shop a few weeks ago in time for the holidays, but to a lack of “customers”.


Currently, the service is set up to host 30 customer sites, and since November, the group has taken on a measly seven. For this market, that is not much momentum. At 50 bucks a month for hosting, the group is taking on a petty 350 U.S. dollars for the service. The global recession seems to be hitting every market.

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