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Hacker Resells VOIP For Profit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lots-and-lots-of-profit dept.

uncleO writes "The New York Times tells the story of today's arrest of Edwin Andres Pena, 23, who 'hacked into computers run by an unsuspecting investment company in Rye Brook, N.Y., commandeered its unprotected servers, and re-routed his phone traffic through them,' then 'used more than $1 million he received from his customers to go on a spending spree, buying real estate in south Florida, a 40-foot Sea Ray Mercruiser motor boat, and luxury cars including a BMW and a Cadillac Escalade.'"

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  1. Hero or Bad guy? by jaymzter · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm never gonna get used to VOIP. Caffineated bacon? Baconated grapefruit? ADMIRAL Crunch?

    Here's reference for you young whipper snappers

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    If thou see a fair woman pay court to her, for thus thou wilt obtain love
  2. The real crime... by gnomeza · · Score: 5, Funny

    in this story is that he went and bought a Cadillac...

    1. Re:The real crime... by springbox · · Score: 4, Funny

      Spending sprees are just so cliché these days anyway. It would be refershing to see a criminal that puts their millions into investments instead.

  3. Bad Taste by ewhac · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...used more than $1 million he received from his customers to go on a spending spree, buying real estate in south Florida, a 40-foot Sea Ray Mercruiser motor boat, and luxury cars including a BMW and a Cadillac Escalade. [emphasis mine]

    Why is it that most thieves have no taste? The BMW is okay, but most of that is tacky sh*t you could win on The Price is Right.

    Schwab
    Elitist Scum

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    Editor, A1-AAA AmeriCaptions
  4. Bet he was NOT... by Linker3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...allowed one phone call when arrested!!

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    AT&ROFLMAO
  5. To the rest of us pulling the same scheme. by ptelligence · · Score: 5, Funny

    Disconnect! Disconnect! The Gig is up!

  6. Re:Scam Artist Beware! by Tx · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm sure this sort of thing happens all the time--it's just that the smart ones don't get caught.

    That's right, we don't.

    Oh bugger...
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    Oh no... it's the future.
  7. Gen Y by rijrunner · · Score: 5, Funny


    Well.. I, for one, never really bought into the myth that kids today are unmotivated. It is good to see someone with ambition and drive. I am, like many others, sadly noting the use he put his money to.

    Dude, its not Swiss bank accounts or the Cayman Islands. Its Vegas Baby.. Alcohol, women, drugs, gambling... In my day, we did not give a damn about the future as we knew we could always steal more. They can take your possessions away, but never your memories. In my day, we created companies that sold nothing and listed money invested by venture capitalists as "sales" and gave ourselves huge bonuses.. This plan would have really worked, if you have followed the 1990's model and not actually provided any services...

    On the serious side tho.. Doesn't this raise some fundamental questions about VOIP security? If I am reading this correctly, they did not hack the VOIP software itself, but a computer on which they resided, then ran the software normally. That opens a lot of systems worldwide to this sort of scheme.