Jcatcw writes "In an account with Computerworld's editor in chief, Don Tennant, Frank Abagnale spoke about his life of crime and crime prevention. Abagnale is a notrious criminal, whose exploits were portrayed in the movie 'Catch Me If You Can.' Abagnale claims: 'It would be 4,000 times easier to do today, what I did 40 years ago, and I doubtless wouldn't go to prison for it. mechanics breeds crime — it always has, it always will ... I really think the more machinery there is in the world, the more you have to instill character and ethics. You can build all the security systems in the world; you can build the most sophisticated technology, and all it takes is one weak link — someone who operates that mechanization — to bring it all down." This would seem to echo commentary in a New York Times article about the rise of Russian hackers in recent years.

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