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Re: Gang Kidnaps Gamer to Get Password Using Fake Orkut Date
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:56:03 -0800
Date sent: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:02:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net>
An armed gang of four kidnapped one of the world's top RPG gamers after one criminal's girlfriend lured him into a fake date using Orkut, Google's social network. After sequestering him in Sao Paulo, they held a gun against the victim's head for five hours to get his password, which they wanted to sell for $8,000.
Amateurs. Forget the gun: you keep him sequestered for 36 hours with no access to games or the net. After that you give him access to a machine with a keylogger installed. He'll be so game-deprived that he won't care. Interesting story indeed. I've been noting, in recent presentations on "crimeware" (yes, sorry, I know, but if I don't go along with the bafflegab I don't get a chance to make the points about security ...) that gaming forms part of the "malware economy" used not only for things of value but also for laundering money ... ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org Hey, when *you* have the box, *then* you can give us geography lessons. Until then, Tahiti is in Europe. - Sneakers http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ 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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- Gang Kidnaps Gamer to Get Password Using Fake Orkut Date Paul Ferguson (Jul 20)
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- Re: Gang Kidnaps Gamer to Get Password Using Fake Orkut Date Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Jul 22)