Elderly Amish Man Caught on Film With Prostitute, Blackmailed
When a 75-year-old Amish widower slept with a prostitute, he -- we feel certain -- felt pretty bad about it the next morning. As if that guilt weren't enough for the old man, the prostitute and her boyfriend demanded $67,000 from him, claiming that they had filmed the scene with wall-mounted cameras and would upload the recording to the Internet. The pair was later arrested and, we can only imagine, the Amish man abhorred technology more than ever.
Bank Robber Gets Away With the Help of Craiglist
In October, a bank robber -- wearing a safety vest, blue shirt, face mask and goggles -- eluded police with the help of Craiglist. Just outside the bank, while the robbery was in progress, stood a group of men who were responding to a Craiglist day labor opportunity. As the advertisement required, they were all wearing safety vests, blue shirts, face masks and goggles.
Nude New Zealander Arrested After Responding to Fake Sexy Text Message
Late in 2007, a Wellington, New Zealand man received a racy text message from two anonymous "ladies," giving him only an address and a request that he show up naked. Well, he indeed showed up naked... at the home of one appalled, unsuspecting New Zealander. Both the nude Romeo and the sadistic texter were arrested, though neither were prosecuted.
Fake Craiglist Ad Costs Man Most of What He Owns
Last Spring, a post appeared on an Oregon Craigslist board stating that the owner of a specific house was leaving all of his worldly possessions (still in said house) to whoever wanted them. When homeowner Robert Salisbury rushed home -- on a tip from a woman suspicious about the offer of a free horse -- he found his house being ransacked by 30 strangers. We suggest he take that horse and collect some vengeance Clint Eastwood-style.
17-Year-Old Jailed for Stealing Virtual 'Furniture'
When a 17-year-old Dutch boy hacked into several accounts on the Second Life-style site 'Habbo' in 2007, the the law got involved. The boy was discovered to have stolen $5,800 worth of virtual furniture and knick-knacks. Apparently, crime -- whether actual or virtual -- does not pay.
Phishers Going After Your Phones in New 'Vishing' Trend
Over the past year, sneaky spammers have begun to forsake the worn-out territory of e-mail in favor of cell phones' fertile frontier. The result? "Vishing." Get it? Voice mail phishing. It might be more ominous if it didn't sound like a James Bond villain saying, "Wishing."
Burglars Break Into Restaurant, Steal HDTV, Leave Money / Food Behind
Around Halloween of last year, a truckload of thieves drove into -- that's right, into -- a Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant, where they -- apparently uninterested in the cash register -- stole a mid-grade 47-inch HDTV and fled the scene. We've all heard about how this generation is lacking in ambition, but this generation's thieves, too?
While the U.S. military remains mired in the ground conflict in Iraq, the Chinese military seems to be practicing for a war of the future. Earlier this year, reports surfaced about the Communist nation's testing of anti-satellite weapon technology. Now, reports are coming in that say the country has been implicated in a June hacking of Defense Secretary Robert Gates' work computer. This has spurred Pentagon IT folks to actually disable agency's network for more than a week while a fix can be determined.
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MEL said 1:09PM on 9-04-2007
WHY WORRY ABOUT CHINESE HACKERS?. JUST ASK THE
DEMOCRATS, THEY WILL GIVE THEM "ANY AND ALL'OF
THE SECRET INFORMATION WE HAVE."JUST" SO THEY
DONT GET UNHAPPY WITH US!
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Headshot said 3:52PM on 9-04-2007
Hey, MEL:
MAybe having retards in charge of our government who think the Internet is for porn and selling cheap crap for a dear price is the problem. Perhaps some of the free-market bull you right-wingers clamor for on the web needs a limit.
The biggest improvement to our cybersecurity needs? Hire people who know how to hack, crack and cyberassault with merciless precision. Hire the meanest, the nastiest and the dirtiest. Fire the idiots who only do the work now because their parents donated to a political campaign.
IN other words, stop the puritan crap and hire the bad guys, then knock the Chins and Hans right off the network. Constantly.
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Rytiko said 4:04PM on 9-04-2007
Headshot, an appropriate name for such a suggestion. However I am fully inclined to agree with you.
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Salvo said 6:11PM on 9-04-2007
How about have a board of the top computer scientists that the Gov't trusts award the govt's contracts for cyber defense to the best hackers each year. This board will oversee the honesty and credibility of the work. Each year the jobs (however many are needed) are up for review and for the newest and brightest to challenge for the spots. After the committee reviews all challengers then they can award each position based on performance. If you pay them all a million dollars a year or more with other money making incentives throughout the year then why wouldn't they want to kick the shtuff out of Xing Xong?
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Headshot said 1:11PM on 9-05-2007
Salvo:
That is a recipe for self-defeat. You don't overpay them as contractors, you hire them. Sure, pay them well. Sure, they need to be watched. But these types of assets, once identified and developed, need to be the employees of public agencies with the ability to jail them, not just fire them.
As we have seen with many "contractors" such as the myriad Carlisle affiliates, the highest bidder often buys out your capabilities, national security be damned. Say no to mercenaries, and use the status of employee to rein in the assets we already have, jailing anyone who goes rogue.
Contracting. Scumbags beg for all the money and no duty to go with it. I say we need the NRO and NSA to kick out most of those moneygrubbers, the politically connected scumbag neopuketardcons, so that we can get into the work of national security and out of the business of war profiteering and fear sales.
But keep the ones who happen to be competent. Just kill them if they give in to their greed. No muss, no fuss, just dead, greedy cyberspies who tried to sell out.
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GLENN said 7:11PM on 11-27-2007
we have probably been hacking their systems for years , it is just payback . but the asses in this country want to have their cake and eat it too. so now they are going crazy trying to secure their own data ,
"who do those chinamen think they are " they say ." this should be illegal ".
god help us , these people want to control the world . make laws for everyone else to obey and do whatever they want .
no wonder all of those arabs would rather blow themselves up than be a part of their plans .
i hope the chinamen really get in and do some damage , it would serve em right.
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steve said 8:06PM on 12-02-2007
You know what we have done,our economy is done because we have idiots running our ountry.We have no industry left,aloud the Communist to take over our manufacturing,now we have no jobs...you morons in Washington.You expect everyone working in retail stores for minimum wage,loose there homes and sell Chinese produts.Thank you very much... The idiot that came up with nafta PROGRAM You wonder how the Russian Mafia get to our top secret web sites A ten year old kid could do it.....
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funsurfer4u said 8:21PM on 12-02-2007
Lets get those super security guys to block out China and Russia...Or maybe just give them disinformation!
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J. Brian Thompson said 9:22PM on 12-02-2007
The Bush Administration hire hackers? Hey, George Bush can't string together a simple 5-word declarative sentence. He's never heard of e-mail. If it weren't for majong, he would never boot a computer. You're dealing with major dolts here.
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stan said 3:58AM on 12-03-2007
Hell-o and welcome china. Come on over, our borders are wide open, stay a couple nights or stay and wait for your citzenship like the rest. Heck bring your army. You don't have to bring anything else with you, everything here is from china anyway. Don't forget to pickup your one billion dollar giveaway to all foreign countries. If there is something you want but don't see, just ask the government will give it to you. Anything for a friend.
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