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Thieves Hacking Security Cameras?
The FBI is investigating fifteen store robberies in eleven states, committed via phone and internet. The perpetrators hack the store's security system so they can observe their victims. They then make customers take their clothes off and get the store to wire money. From the article, "A telephone caller making a bomb threat to a Hutchinson, Kan., grocery store kept more than 100 people hostage, demanding they disrobe and that the store wire money to his bank account. ... officials were investigating whether the caller was out of state and may have hacked into the store's security system. "If they can access the Internet, they can get to anything," Hutchinson Police Chief Dick Heitschmidt said. "Anyone in the whole world could have access, if that's what really happened.""
I'm sure Jack Thompson will blame this on BioShock.
Why don't these stores copyright their video feed and then let loose the RIAA on the perps. That'll stop 'em!
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You just slashdotted a whole lotta webcams.
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From the article (Piro is the manager)....
"He then demanded that one of Piros' fingers be cut off for every hour his demands were not met, and another employee got a butcher knife on his orders"
Anybody wanna take bets on who was the first person fired after this incident?
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