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Japanese Cops Collar Malware-Carrying Cat
Orome1 writes "When imagining law enforcement officers investigating and searching for cyber criminals or evidence about their activities, the last thing that you can probably envision is them searching for a stray cat. But that was exactly what detectives of Japan's National Police Agency recently did as the last step in a complex 'treasure hunt' started on New Year's Day by a person (persons?) who is allegedly the mastermind behind the so-called 'Remote Control Virus.' The malware in question was instrumental in staging a continuous campaign of death and bomb threats sent to airline companies, kindergartens, schools, law offices, broadcasting networks and shrines."
Having read the article it seems the real crime to be investigated here would come from:
In a particularly embarrassing episode of the investigation, the Japanese police arrested four of those unsuspecting individuals and extracted "confessions" from them, only for other institutions to receive threats containing details that only the real criminal behind the scheme would know - while the four were in custody.
Kitty porn?
Table-ized A.I.
Does that make it a "script kitty"?
I'm sorry, but your opinion seems to be wrong.
I read "Puss 'N Reboots" as a kid.
Table-ized A.I.
Reminds me of the ill fated Acoustic Kitty in the 60s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty
Of course he does...
/sunglasses
He's playing cat and mouse.
Meow what is so damn funny about that? Do I look like a cat to you, boy? Am I jumpin' around all nimbly bimbly from tree to tree? Am I drinking milk from a saucer? Do you see me eating mice?
You stop laughing right meow!
Damn, that was a great flick...
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
The antivirus is on orion's belt.
Why would someone with C# experience write malware... to threaten random people? That seems... pointless.
Actually, it sounds redundant, not pointless.
--If you code for the exceptions, the rules fall into place
Its been done before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty
It will be better to purchase from an owner who is a good farmer and a good builder.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that a cyber-criminal using a domestic cat to send messages to the police about a computer virus sounds more like something from a futuristic cyberpunk anime than real life?
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EVER, for ANY reason.
Doesn't matter if you are innocent
Doesn't matter if you are guilty
Doesn't matter if you are just a bystander
Doesn't matter if they are just canvasing the neighborhood
Don't talk to police.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
From TFA:
Japan's well-resourced National Police Agency (NPA) was embarrassed after it emerged officers had extracted "confessions" from four people who had nothing to do with the emails.
TFA does not mention the color of confessors' skin.
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
-A- is/was an alliance on EVE online (hundreds or thousands of players).
CFC is a coalition of EVE online alliances (tens of thousands of players).
Not entirely suprising that they turn up in a thread about kittens either.
Is it a coincidence, that 90% of prisoners in the US are there on confessions alone?
[citation needed]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea_bargaining_in_the_United_States
Because of this, people who might have been acquitted because of lack of evidence, or who are in fact truly innocent, will often plead guilty to a charge. Why? In a word, fear.
Theoretical work based on the prisoner's dilemma is one reason why, in many countries (including mine), plea bargaining is illegal.
Anyone quoted by a reporter knows how little they understand
Don't believe what you read is the truth.