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Google Helps Bumbling Burglars Steal $12K
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:06:06 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via The Colorado Springs Gazette (props, Google Watch). [snip] The two burglars had door keys, pass codes and combinations for the safes at a Colorado Springs indoor amusement center. But when it came to actually opening a combination lock, they did what most of us do when were stumped they called Google to the rescue. The burglary at Bigg City, formerly Mr. Biggs Family Fun Center, turned into a comedy of errors early June 10. The burglars tried to disable a security camera by repeatedly spraying it with WD-40 it only cleaned the lens and spent an hour and 15 minutes trying to open three safes, apparently unaware that some types require the dial to be turned two or three times. They finally did a Google search for how to open a safe and how to crack a safe on a computer in the next room. Theyre not professional safe people, said Colorado Springs police detective Chuck Ackerman. No, theyre not. On the other hand, the Google query apparently worked: The burglars havent been caught, and they did get about $12,000. [snip] More: http://www.gazette.com/articles/safes_24620___article.html/ackerman_google. html Enjoy. :-) - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.2 (Build 2014) wj8DBQFGlGU4q1pz9mNUZTMRAg5IAKDnhRO0evmNxFRm/o2IYgaKjGSrLwCgjcoP 6L9wIKwd4gbzkUQazxIe478= =Wfsh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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