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French Hacker Arrested After Bragging On TV

Posted by samzenpus on from the foot-in-mouth-disease dept.

Orome1 writes "A French hacker has effectually tied a noose around his own neck when he bragged about hacking into the systems of a big government contractor on national TV. He participated in a television program called Further investigation, and he said — and demonstrated — that he has gained access to computers belonging to the French Army and Thales Group, a French company that provides information systems and services for the aerospace, defense, and security markets. He was arrested 6 days after the program was aired. The police discovered on his computer a great number of compromised credit card and bank account data."

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  1. happens to everyone by walshy007 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    soon as you get away with it enough you get complacent and let your guard down, thinking you are better than other criminals

  2. Not everyone is an idiot by syousef · · Score: 4, Insightful

    soon as you get away with it enough you get complacent and let your guard down, thinking you are better than other criminals

    Being a loud mouth idiot does not happen to everyone. Being a criminal does not happen to everyone.

    This guy was on the wrong TV show. He should have been on "World's Dumbest Criminals"

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    1. Re:Not everyone is an idiot by Gaygirlie · · Score: 3, Insightful

      That there's smart and stupid people is no surprise. But I still get surprised about how smart and stupid the one and same person can be. Not just for lack of domain knowledge, but one moment seeming like a highly intelligent being and the next a drooling idiot...

      There is a difference between intelligence and wisdom, and in this case it's clearly the lack of wisdom that became the hacker's downfall.

  3. Vanity, definitely my favorite sin. by Ozan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Surprisingly, a good rule of thumb for any criminal is to stay clear of any cardinal sin.

    Lust - don't let your dick make any decisions for you
    Greed - know when to stop
    Sloth - go the extra mile or else it might bite you
    Wrath - like lust, an emotion that can negatively influence your judgment
    Pride - the best criminal and the perfect crime is the one nobody knows about, and overconfidence leads to errors.
    Gluttony - excessive consumption raises suspicions
    Envy - don't try to outdo someone else. He is known for a reason.

  4. Re:Clever! by Zemran · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Stunning police work took 6 days to arrest him...

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  5. Re:Clever! by DarkIye · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A certain proportion of hackers are so practised because they were raised by a computer, and as such are quite attention-seeking.

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  6. Re:Clever! by gutnor · · Score: 3, Insightful
    We can hope that, maybe, they doubled check and some due process had to be done by Justice before authorizing any action. You know the innocent before proving guilty thing, even for an idiot bragging in a pub or on tv.

    But yeah, unfortunately, experience tells me you are probably right being sarcastic.