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Wardrivers Target Seattle Businesses
angry tapir writes "Seattle police are investigating a group of criminals who they say have been cruising around town in a black Mercedes stealing credit card data by tapping into wireless networks belonging to area businesses. The group has been at it for about five years, according to an affidavit signed by Detective Chris Hansen, a fraud investigator with the Seattle Police Department."
If I had a dollar for every time I've read somebody try and justify their criminal activity by believing they're better than some other criminal. That's why paedophiles have such a hard time in prison: all the other criminals need to feel superior, while still remaining a complete and total waste of space. This happens so often, that this cognitive bias needs a name.