To anyone that pays attention Chinese hackers steal IP (Intellectual Property Theft)
http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinas-ip-theft-tech-transfer/
We can argue – is it $5trillion? or 3?
My point is it does not matter, the Chinese steal what they can they are not picky. There are certain high value targets of course, but if you allow a hacker in your network they will be there.
The Russian hacker (or East European) are interested in a more criminal angle with a direct monetary angle. this hacker will use the data found to make money.
The Nigerian spam artists(and any other spam hacker) are always trying to make specific conversations with people with a scam in mind.
If you are connected to the Internet – then you are connected to all the hackers in the world, Chinese, Russian, Nigerian and more.
complete image at http://img.theepochtimes.com/n3/eet-content/uploads/2015/09/10/Chinese-Spy-Network-Final-CE-version.jpg
This image is actually from the Epoch Times, which has an admitted anti-communist agenda.
Whatever the actual political leanings you may have, it is obvious that we are being inundated with hackers from all over the world with varying agendas.
One thing you have to realize is that even if a specific scan to your computers would be illegal in most areas, that assumes one cares about legality. The hacker does not. they are looking for ways to find a weakness in your computer network, or applications.
This is why you have to scan your computers with an ethical hacker so you can find and clean up any weaknesses exposed.
We explain the process of the hacker at our solutions page:
http://oversitesentry.com/solutions-2/