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Vigilante Hackers use Old West Tactics for Justice
dismorphic writes "Angered by the growing number of Internet scams, online 'vigilantes' have started to take justice into their own hands by hacking into suspected fraud sites and defacing them. These hackers have targeted fake websites set up to resemble the sites of banks or financial institutions in recent weeks, and have inserted new pages or messages. Some say 'Warning - This was a Scam Site,' or 'This Bank Was Fraudulent and Is Now Removed.'" So maybe it's not a posse of horsemen, but it's still kinda cool that someone is taking care of those who would defraud the public.
that's why my citibank fansite was defaced!
Hacker-man, Hacker-man
Does whatever a hacker can
pwns fake websites, any size
Catches phishers, just like flies
Look out! There goes the Hacker-man!
Is he strong? Listen, Bud!
He's got caffinated blood.
Can he type from a chair?
Take a look over there.
Hey there, there sits the Hacker-man!
In the chill of night,
At the scene of the crime
Like a streak of light
He arrives just in time
Hacker-man, Hacker-man
Friendly neighborhood Hacker-man
Wealth and fame, he's ignored
Action is his reward
To him, life is a great big bang-up
Wherever there's a scam-up
You'll find the Hacker-man!
By the way, most comic book heroes are known as vigilantes
Well most comic book heroes have great powers, or amazing tools and weapons and um...oh yeah...They Don't Exist!
"Plans are for fools! Oglethorpe, the plutonian (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
Parent post is clearly a fake, it claims the code is Perl, but I could read and understand all of it.
Let me know how that BOIP (Bullet Over IP) goes.
The global economy is a great thing until you feel it locally.