The New York Times has an interesting article today about Russian hackers. A hacker operating under the moniker BadB was pursued by the United States Secret Service and arrested in France earlier this month. The difficulty in catching BadB, say experts quoted in the article, illustrates Russia’s apparent unwillingness to fight internet crime. Here’s an excerpt from the story:

The seizing of BadB provides a lens onto the shadowy world of Russian hackers, the often well-educated and sometimes darkly ingenious programmers who pose a recognized security threat to online commerce — besides being global spam nuisances — who often seem to operate with relative impunity.