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Data Mining, Cocaine and Secrecy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-they-probably-have-clusters dept.

hightimes writes: "Business 2.0 uncovers one of the world's most sophisticated IT network in where else, Colombia. According to the story, Colombian drug cartels have spent billions of dollars to build a huge infrastructure that's helping them smuggle more dope than ever before." Even though this is about a raid that took place most of a decade ago, it's an interesting example of the power (and potential abuse) of large-scale data mining.

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  1. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, are they hiring?

    1. Re:Well... by warpSpeed · · Score: 5, Funny

      Prolly, but I'm sure it would be a life time career move. And if you screw up, a PHB is the least of your concerns, you'll be sleeping with the fishes.

  2. Re:Computers by GodInHell · · Score: 5, Funny

    What were they trying to do? Send cocaine over Cat5 Cabling?

    Heh, Packet sniffing takes on whole new dimensions.

    -GiH
    A goose is loose in the sluce for juice.

  3. Dopewars by akiy · · Score: 5, Funny
    And you thought all of those hours you spent playing Dopewars were all just a simulation...

    (Dopewars: Unix, Palm, Macintosh, and Windows versions.)

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  4. And of course... by Codex+The+Sloth · · Score: 5, Funny

    They must be using Snort for intrusion detection.

    Snif snif ...

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  5. Re:Just wait till they get the bill from Oracle... by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    > Hah, just wait until they get the "audit or else" order from M$. Man, talk about organized crime warfare. This could make the St. Valentine's Day Massacre look like a water-pistol fight.

    Lessee here...

    Step 1) Columbian drug lords vs. BSA lawyers.

    Step 2) Make the St. Valentine's Day Massacre look like water pistol fight.

    Step 3) ???^H^H^HPay-per-view live video on Slashdot!

    Step 4) PROFIT!

  6. i can see it now... by bilbobuggins · · Score: 5, Funny
    when your warehouse in Poughkeepsie automatically links up with your hit men in Columbia...


    ...that's 1 degree of seperation. That's business w/ .NET.


    (yeah, it was low;)