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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. Re:He obviously wasn't too smart by Clod9 · · Score: 4, Informative

    The way I read it, 15 companies had to foot real bills from real companies, and the largest of these 15 bills was $300,000. The other companies all paid less, but the total may have been up to (or even more than) $1 million.
    (Oops, I went and read the article before posting again. Silly me.)

  2. Re:What is it with Florida? by sgent · · Score: 2, Informative
    The way the bankruptcy laws and asset seizure laws are written -- a "homestead" in Flordia is untouchable by creditors. House worth 20million? Doesn't matter -- its protected.

    Note -- this applies to civil proceedings. Criminal forfieture laws are different.

  3. Re:Ha! by ottothecow · · Score: 3, Informative

    Except that you cant get numbered swiss bank accounts anymore.

    --
    Bottles.