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More and more, the operation of our business, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists

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问题     More and more, the operation of our business, governments, and financial institutions are controlled by information that exists only inside computer memories. Anyone clever enough to modify this information for his own purpose can reap substantial rewards. Even worse, a number of people who have done this and caught have managed to get away without punishment.
    It’s easy for computer crimes to go undetected if no one checks up on what the computer is doing. But even if the crime is detected, the criminal may walk away not only unpunished but with a glowing recommendation from his former employers.
   Of course, we have no statistics on crimes that go undetected. But it’s disturbing to note how many of the crimes we do know about were detected by accident, not by systematic inspections or other security procedures. The computer criminals who have been caught may be the victims of uncommonly bad luck.
    For example, a certain keypunch operator complained of having to stay overtime to punch extra cards. Investigation revealed that the extra cards she was being asked to punch were for dishonest transaction. In another case, dissatisfied employees of the thief tipped off the company that was being robbed.
    Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes escape punishment, demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. All too often, their demands have been met.
    Why? Because company executives are afraid of the bad publicity that would result if the public found out that their computer has been misused. They hesitate at the thought of a criminal boasting in open court of how he juggled the most confidential records right under the noses of the company’s executives, accountants, and security staff. And so another computer criminal departs with just there commendations he needs to continue his crimes elsewhere.
What may happen to computer criminals once they are caught?
选项 A、With a bad reputation they can hardly find another job.
B、They will be denied access to confidential record
C、They may walk away and easily find another job.
D、They must leave the company he is in and go to jail.
答案C
解析 推断题。文章第二段提到，But even if the crime is detected the criminal may walk away not only unpunished but with a glowing recommendation from his former employers．(即使发现犯罪事实，犯罪分子可能逃避惩罚，带着老板的推荐信离开公司。)；从文章第五段的意思可以得知：电脑巳罪分子的优势往往是他们能逃脱处罚，而且要求给予好的推荐和许多其他的好处。由此可以推断：电脑犯罪分子很有可能逍遥法外并轻易地获得另外一份工作。
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