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.

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That's funny...

[evanbd]

I thought that the ability to get a loan was useful. I plan to get a loan to buy a house some time in the next handful of years. I think people of modest income being able to own their own home is a good thing -- or are you saying landlords are paragons of virtue with only their tenant's best interests at heart?

Or are you saying that because there are poor people in the world, it's not OK for me to attempt to improve my lot? Not particularly at the expense of anyone -- but I'd like to move out of a small apartment with a mostly absentee landlord, get a slightly newer car, upgrade my computer a bit more often... And as best I can tell, that all gets harder without banks. And if you're saying that I shouldn't improve my position until others are better off, I have news for you -- there are a lot of reasons why those people aren't better off, and addressing them is a much better idea than dismantling the global economy that is actually (theoretically) capable of helping them in protest.

Re:Self policing society

[timmarhy]

it's because we know best, so stfu and get back your box ok. honestly, you pompus idiots must post this drivel in every slashdot story. if you dont' like slashdot - THEN PISS OFF! and stop whining how it's so one sided.