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Thieves Hacking Security Cameras?

Posted by samzenpus on from the steal-from-home dept.

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.""

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  1. Dumber than dumb by BobTheLawyer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Has there ever been a more stupid quote than:

    "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."

    1. Re:Dumber than dumb by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Not TOO far from the truth. Often the security cameras are accessible to anyone with a browser and without password protection or with a password that's ridiculously easy to guess.

    2. Re:Dumber than dumb by 5KVGhost · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I don't see anything controversial about that case. If you actively participate in a violent crime and someone dies then you're just as responsible as the person who pulls the trigger. Don't want to be responsible for a murder? Then don't be a getaway driver for a gang of doped up armed robbers. It's not difficult.