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Laptop Thief Caught via AOL Login

Posted by michael on from the you've-got-jail dept.

Mundocani writes "Yahoo (Reuters) is reporting that the FBI has caught the guy who stole computers from Wells Fargo. The interesting part is that 'Investigators traced the computer to Krastof when he logged onto his own America Online account at home through one of the stolen computers.' Makes you wonder what sort of hooks the FBI has into AOL or other ISPs and what hardware identification is being transmitted at login."

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  1. Re:PC call home by jkrise · · Score: 0, Troll

    Exactly! So, the incriminating info is not the IP address, it's the unnique id. The parent post said IP address, and I corrected the error.

    IP is reqd. after identifying, ,to pinpoint current location - the mods must be crazy!!

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  2. Cookies by Radical+Rad · · Score: 2, Troll

    I'd bet AOL and its "partners" use cookies to track users and target ads. If the former owners give the FBI their account info such as an AOL account name then they should be able to pick up the cookie trail and follow the ip address to the phone line.