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The Story of the tech.net.ru Crackers
tabdelgawad writes "The Washington Post is running a three-part story (Part 1,
Part 2, and Part 3) detailing the events of the arrest of the two Russian crackers, Vasiliy Gorshkov and Alexey Ivanov, from a couple of years ago (See also Previous Slashdot Story 1 and 2). The writeup is light on technical details, but includes fascinating information about the crackers' socioeconomic conditions and motivations, as well as the competence and effectiveness of the FBI in combatting cybercrime."
section three "Despite U.S. Efforts, Web Crimes Thrive" reminds me of a story called "Despite U.S. Efforts, Terror Crimes Thrive" on al Jezera
To any CIO's reading this, I hope this story will make you aware of the risks associated with using Linux.
Linux is largely made up of stolen source code. If you adopt Linux, you are also exposing your company to a HUGE liability.
Any executive that would permit his IT staff to expose the company in this way has no business being in such a position of authority.
...competence and effectiveness of the FBI in combatting cybercrime.
Now if only they could get that pesky 'Homeland Security" thingie, they're golden!
You think that I'm crazy, you should see this guy!
Lying, cheating, stealing, hacking...it's what makes America great and the world safe for democracy. How do you spell "persecution"? DMCA, baby, DMCA
for the love of god, when will you zealots shut the fuck up
Or at least that is what our President schmuck would have you believe.
War on Terra. Unbelievable.
IT's OK for US financial institutions to loot hundreds of billions out of Russia's economy (7th paragraph down), but it's not OK for individuals who have been hard hit by the effects of this sort of monstrous greed and evil to try and get some back for themselves?
You're using her as bait, Master!
The russian people themselves are responsible for the state of their own affairs. But if you really do need a bad guy, how about the left-wing totalitarian pricks who squashed the nation under the boot of communism for 70 years?
Lee
Muslim community leaders warn of backlash from tomorrow morning's terrorist attack.
Well, given that we're talking about a country where killing people is considered a valid form of punishment, you find this mentality surprising?
In fact, I just thought of something. In law, murder is considered one of the most heinous crimes, and, I would claim, considered worse than rape. BUT, the government is allowed to murder criminals as a form of punishment. So, if you accept that murder is worse than rape, then rape should be a perfectly valid form of punishment as well, and a lesser one than the death penalty.
Of course, it's quite likely there are Americans who actually agree with this logic (or at least the conclusion); a truly sad thing, IMHO.
The way I see it, the real meat of the internet is in the United States. Most of the businesses a hacker is going to want to access are here. Any country which does not allow extradition of its citizens to stand trial in US courts (the easiest courts in the world for a defendant)should simply lose its access to the American addresses of the internet until they change their policies. I think once the money starts talking like that, the Russians and others will quickly allow extradition of suspected hackers to keep their access to American internet sites.