Sony and other breach victims would do well to watch their back doors as much as they do their bottom lines.

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Financial services are big business in this small island, and Cyprus was days away from seeing the collapse of Laiki Bank, one of its largest lenders, which would have triggered a run on the country’s remaining banks.

With the lowest corporate tax rate of anywhere in the world that isn't "officially" a tax haven and lax enforcement of money laundering regulations by national authorities, Cyprus is home to a large amount of Russian rubles turned euros. It is thought by some that the new tax is an attempt by Germany, who these days finance the European project, to give Moscow a slap across the chops.

The imposed deal would have seen the EU and IMF give Cyprus 10 billion of the 17 billion