Godward Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder painting

Godward Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder painting
John William Waterhouse Echo and Narcissus painting

A young Russian, Alexander, reads the magazine Khaker at home in Moscow. Russia has a reputation as home to some of the world's most inventive and devious hackers, who are called "khakeri" and "vzlomshchiki."
MOSCOW, Nov. 20 — While the international space station brings new renown to Russia, the nation is gaining a darker sort of notice from other explorers — hackers who launch into cyberspace.Russia's reputation as home to some of the world's most gifted and devious hackers was underscored last month when Microsoft Corp. disclosed that passwords used to access its coveted source code had been sent from the company network to an e-mail address in St. Petersburg.