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Latvian "Robin Hood" Hacker Leaks Bank Details

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the too-many-hoods-in-the-forest dept.

eldavojohn writes "Move over Russell Crowe, an anonymous hacker in Latvia is being hailed as a real life modern Robin Hood. The hacker refers to himself as 'Neo,' claims allegiance with the Fourth Awakening People's Army, and is outing banks that are capitalizing off of the horrible economic status Latvia is currently suffering from. No word on how he is acquiring the information but it is slowly being leaked to TV sources via Twitter and the common people love him. The hacker is thought to be based in Britain but a TV reporter pointed out the fine line Neo is walking, 'On the one hand of course he has stolen confidential data ... and he actually has committed a crime. But at the same time there is value for the public in the sense that now a lot of information gets disclosed and the whole system maybe becomes a little more transparent.' An example of a juicy tidbit he revealed is that managers of a Latvian bank did not take the salary cuts they promised they would after the government bailed them out of economic trouble. You can imagine that taxpayers were upset and thankful they knew this information."

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  1. Latvia explained in pictures and comments by sopssa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Million Reasons Why Latvia Is The Best Country In The World

    Be warned, you'll lose productivity for rest of the day.

  2. ahh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    i saw a guy walking down the street just today - in a long black coat wearing sunglasses talking on his nokia. i thought "i bet that guys a leet hacker" probably him. he was scowling.

    1. Re:ahh by grcumb · · Score: 5, Funny

      i saw a guy walking down the street just today - in a long black coat wearing sunglasses talking on his nokia. i thought "i bet that guys a leet hacker" probably him. he was scowling.

      You're wrong. The person you saw:

      • Was stylish;
      • Outdoors;
      • Had at least one friend.

      If this was a real hacker, he was disguised as a n00b.

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      Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
  3. Re:Some sympathy some not so by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slap on the Wrist?

    How dare you openly endorse such uncivil class warfare! It is everyone's obligation to understand that bankers are simply special. It would be an insult to apply rules made for common men to them.

  4. Robin the Hood... by JackPepper · · Score: 5, Funny

    stole from the government and gave to the overtaxed. This guy is copying from the government and pasting to the people. He's more like a "Neo the Document Liberator?"

  5. I find it hard to take seriously a group called... by DigitalReverend · · Score: 4, Funny

    FAP Army.

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    I read Slashdot for the headlines, because the headlines, unlike the articles, are usually original and never duplicated
  6. Re:Some sympathy some not so by westlake · · Score: 4, Funny

    A "crime" is not necessarily "bad".

    But a conviction still puts you behind bars.