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Largest Hacking Scam in Canadian History

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stole-all-the-maple-syrup dept.

vieux schnock writes "Police raided several homes across Quebec on Wednesday and arrested 16 people in their investigation, which they say uncovered the largest hacking scam in Canadian history. (...) The hackers collaborated online to attack and take control of as many as one million computers around the world that were not equipped with anti-virus software or firewalls."

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  1. Obligatory: by powerlord · · Score: 5, Funny

    Blame Canada! ... eh?

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  2. Re:Really? by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you serious? There are hundreds of millions of PCs in the world (billions?), and the vast majority of them aren't properly secured. Also the vast majority of them have 10 smiley toolbars and take 45 minutes to boot.

  3. Re:Really? by PrescriptionWarning · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, there are that many Windows machines on the internet.

  4. Re:So which is it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's 16 Canadian people, or 14 Americans... it's just the exchange rate.

  5. Hardly the first time Canada has caused problems by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let us not forget Bryan Adams.

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  6. The Unwritten Story... by Panaqqa · · Score: 5, Funny

    These arrests were in Quebec. What they are not telling us is that the arrests were REALLY for not hacking into the boxes using both official languages.

  7. Re:Profitable by calebt3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    they will probably server a couple years Someone needs more coffee.
  8. Re:From TFA: by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd assume you're always authorized to use your own computer. Nope. There are times when I'm not authorized to use my own computer. Just ask my wife! ;)
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  9. Re:Hardly the first time Canada has caused problem by i_ate_god · · Score: 5, Funny

    As with a lot of our other trash, we simply shipped Celine Dion to America. Now she's your problem, enjoy.

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  10. Not enough coffee again. by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Murderers barely serve jail time up here. Don't hold your breath.

    I read it as Moderators ...

    For one brief second, I thought there was real justice Up There.

    Time to crank the espresso machine up again.

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