Kaspersky Lab has published the second part of its report entitled "Computers, Networks and Theft", which focuses on attacks on organizations. According to Kaspersky Lab, in the first six months of 2006 a total of 602 organizations suffered from attacks designed to steal clients' money, up by 14 percent from the same period the previous year. Cyber criminals who attack companies are increasingly after personal details of clients: e-mail addresses, social security numbers, credentials used to access online games, and PIN codes. In Russia criminals break into databases of tax and customs authorities, road traffic police, passport services, and communication operators. There are also programs attacking clients of several payment systems at the same time, such as Trojan-Spy.Win32.Banker.asq, which targets users of PayPal, Сaixbank, Postbank and other systems.

Some 600,000 Russians are addicted to computer games, spending between 20 and 50 hours weekly glued to computer screens. Natalia Markova, director of the Communicative Research Center at the Russian Academy of Sciences and expert with the Federation Council, released such data in her report presented at a recent session of the Public Chamber for Culture Development. "This means that such people are basically lost to society. Their health is undermined, they are unable to start a family. Eventually they drop out of the demographic process," she said. Such words are essentially a verdict to gamers. It will be recalled that similar legislative initiatives have been put forward in neighboring Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Education has already announced that it is drafting a bill that would introduce mandatory ratings for games depending on the level of their cruelty.

Representatives of the Russian National Library and the Library of Congress of the USA have recently met in St. Petersburg to sign an agreement on participation in the World Digital Library. The goals of the World Digital Library involve gathering and digitizing books, manuscripts, photographs and sound recordings relating to the cultures of various nations and ethnic groups. The first phase of the library project, estimated at $3,000,000, involves planning and development of a prototype website. This money will be provided by the owner of the Google search engine, and the first phase will span the entire 2007 year. The joint project of Google and the Library of Congress has found both proponents and opponents. For example, the nonprofit organization Internet Archive has launched its own project to digitize all of the world's books. Such an important mission cannot be entrusted to corporations, the organization believes.