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Alleged ZeuS Botmaster Arrested For Stealing $100M From US Banks

Trailrunner7 writes "A 24-year-old Algerian man remains in a Thai jail awaiting extradition to the United States, where he is suspected of masterminding more than $100 million in global bank heists using the ZeuS and SpyEye Trojans. Malaysian authorities believe they've apprehended the hacker Hamza Bendelladj, who they say has been jetsetting around the world using millions of dollars stolen online from various banks. He was arrested at a Bangkok airport en route from Malaysia to Egypt. The hacker had developed a considerable reputation as a major operator of ZeuS-powered botnets and bragged about his exploits"

76 comments

  1. moral of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't spend money like an brain-dead Arkansas lotto winner if you steal millions of dollars from US victims using malware.

    1. Re:moral of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't spend money like an brain-dead Arkansas lotto winner if you steal millions of dollars from US victims using malware.

      What else can he do with it besides spend it? He can't put it in the bank because banks aren't safe any more.

    2. Re:moral of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      What? Isn't that Obama, Bernanke, Geithner, and the rest of the Legislative branch of the US government? The thing is, only the little guy gets arrested and punished for theft, but if you're a big hedge fund or banker John Corzine type, you get away with murder.

    3. Re:moral of the story by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 2

      What? Isn't that Obama, Bernanke, Geithner, and the rest of the Legislative branch of the US government? The thing is, only the little guy gets arrested and punished for theft, but if you're a big hedge fund or banker John Corzine type, you get away with murder.

      I wouldn't call someone "suspected of masterminding more than $100 million in global bank heists" a "little guy".

      BTW, none of those guys you mentioned are accused of running botnets, and none of them work in the Legislative branch, so why are you even bringing them up?

      --
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    4. Re:moral of the story by evil_aaronm · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I think AC was pointing to the fact that, rather than hold the people who caused the financial meltdown and subsequent bailout responsible, the authorities let them walk with their ill-gotten profits from their financial shenanigans. Isn't it up to the authorities to a) prevent these things; and / or b) prosecute them? We prosecute a botnet master who brags about his exploits, but we let walk those white collar criminals that took even more.

    5. Re:moral of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      I wonder if he'll be smiling so much once he's getting his cornhole pounded in federal prison.

    6. Re:moral of the story by lukeshep · · Score: 2

      White Collar season 3 has an episode with this exact plot line http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942780/ apart from i think it was 125M USD

    7. Re:moral of the story by loufoque · · Score: 1

      Invest it to get more money.

    8. Re:moral of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I doubt he will walk so easily. Probably the best bet he will get is a plea bargain where they cut his sentence to something like 50 years in prison, if he helps catch the rest of the operators and create an absolute defense against the mal-ware. But that still wont make him immune to joint bank lawsuits that will attempt to make up for the moneys list due to theft insurance claims.

    9. Re:moral of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      I realize you're from another planet but on this one $100 million indeed is peanuts. That's what one building costs.

      The real important heists are in Billion and Trillion of dollars. And as noted, always go unpublished and unpunished.

    10. Re:moral of the story by PPH · · Score: 2, Funny

      He could buy some Platinum and start minting coins.

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    11. Re:moral of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He could have gone to Maccau in China and gambled it, even if the odds are against him it doesn't matter, it wasn't his money anyway, nothing turns illegitimate money into legitimate money easier than throwing it around in casino's.

    12. Re:moral of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He didn't say "don't spend it". He said don't spend it like an idiot. Not that complicated.

    13. Re:moral of the story by cuiagaha · · Score: -1

      http://www.cloud65.com/ my buddy's aunt makes $67 every hour on the laptop. She has been out of work for 6 months but last month her pay was $18507 just working on the laptop for a few hours. Read more on this web site

    14. Re:moral of the story by Alien+Being · · Score: 0

      I think the moral of this story is "don't steal".

      The moral of the parent post and the fact that the moderators see it as "insightful" is that slashdot is a bastion of immoral pricks.

    15. Re:moral of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      They're part of this scheme is why you mindless idiot http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3377363&cid=42566953 and all I want to know is why you're so fucking stupid you idiotic little puppet?

    16. Re:moral of the story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      why don't you go do that then. more money for you and your aunt without all our competition right?

    17. Re:moral of the story by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 1

      Give me control of a planet's oxygen supply, and I don't care who runs the banks.

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    18. Re:moral of the story by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 1

      To put it into terms you'll understand and appreciate more easily, it's enough to pay your annual wage at the Quik-E Mart for 20,000 years.

      --
      Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
  2. bragging with my by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    frist post

    1. Re:bragging with my by thegreatbob · · Score: 0

      Incorrect.

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  3. better idea.. by fliptout · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why not leave him in Thai jail.

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    1. Re:better idea.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm guessing because either Israel or the U.S. will be looking to hire him to write the next version of malware they send to Iran?

      Better than the drones they're sending to Pakistan I suppose, would you rather your enrichment equipment be destroyed or have a handful of civilians blown up every day or two?

    2. Re:better idea.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why not leave him in Thai jail.

      When he got caught he was caught by an honest Thai cop... When he goes to Jail I'm sure he can bribe his way out.

    3. Re:better idea.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Because the US wants to continue waving it's big stick around for as long as possible? If the US has him extradited, it looks like the US is in control, how long will it be till other countries realise that the big stick is merely a shadow of what it was...

    4. Re:better idea.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Because the US wants to continue waving it's big stick around for as long as possible? If the US has him extradited, it looks like the US is in control, how long will it be till other countries realise that the big stick is merely a shadow of what it was...

      Going on five years now.

    5. Re:better idea.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He would learn kick-boxing and become as lethal as James Bond, a true human weapon for redistributing of wealth. You can't possibly want that.

    6. Re:better idea.. by gl4ss · · Score: 1

      Why not leave him in Thai jail.

      because the thai's have nothing on him?

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    7. Re:better idea.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You think he'll be all Thai'd up?

    8. Re:better idea.. by lonecrow · · Score: 1

      Recruiting for cyber-warfare

  4. Really by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The first sentence of this post sounds like the start of a joke.

  5. HOWZITGO ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Oh, yeah !!

    EAT !!
    SHIT !!
    AND !!
    DIE !!

    Abort this motherfucker !! Fuzzy wuzzy wuz a bare ?? Fuzzy wuzzy had no hare ??

  6. Pity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    After all, he's only stealing from what essentially are thieves themselves.

  7. He should have owned not 0wned by houghi · · Score: 1

    If he would have owned a bank and not 0wned them, he could have gotten away with a lot more then just 100.000.000.
    I wonder how accurate that figure is. Is it just an attempt or is it the actual figure he would have been able to spend if he would not have been caught?

    I suspect he did not get that money and the number is just everything added that can be pointed to theft, including pens and staplers and the electricity bill used to run the servers.

    If it was actually 100M he could have been able to spend, then I can only applaud him. I have seen people be fired over stealing 2USD worth of stuff. That is totally not worth it. But 100M? Stoopid he bragged about it, but that is how must get caught. Either bragging or snitches.

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    1. Re:He should have owned not 0wned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Your comment adds nothing to this discussion.

    2. Re:He should have owned not 0wned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Neither does yours, and probably not this one either. However GP's somewhat angsty anti-bank sorta-pro-script-kiddie rant smacks of lame.

    3. Re:He should have owned not 0wned by loufoque · · Score: 1, Informative

      100M is not that much money.

  8. Bragging. Always the same.... by gweihir · · Score: 2, Insightful

    These people may have some superior specialized skills, but personality-wise, they are retarded. The same can incidentally be found in a lot of CEOs and high-placed government officials. Seems we promote the scum to the top, and those that cannot get promoted turn to crime instead in order to implement their delusions of grandeur.

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    1. Re:Bragging. Always the same.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Lower density substances rise above higher density substances. That's why we get the airheads at the top, and the smarties at the bottom.

    2. Re:Bragging. Always the same.... by whoever57 · · Score: 2
      There are studies that show that personality disorders are more common in senior executives than the criminally insane:

      For our purposes, the most interesting results of the study came from the comparison of the senior business executives to the offenders at Broadmoor. The study showed that three out of the eleven personality disorders were more common in the senior business managers than in the criminal psychiatric patients

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    3. Re:Bragging. Always the same.... by Sarten-X · · Score: 1

      Of course. That's why the middle-of-the-road average folks never brag about their fantasy football team, or how their kid did well in the science fair, or how perfectly that prank went off last week... And that failed project wasn't because of the "sick" day when the report was due, but definitely because of the manager's incompetence. Sure.

      Everybody takes credit for their achievements, and blames others for their problems. Why should CEOs or criminals be any different?

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      You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want.
    4. Re:Bragging. Always the same.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Society is like a stew: if you don't occasionally stir it up, the scum rises to the top.

    5. Re:Bragging. Always the same.... by gweihir · · Score: 1

      I am not surprised in the least.

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  9. even a better idea by udachny · · Score: -1, Funny

    the guy clearly belongs in USA government, maybe as the Federal reserve Chairman or Treasury Secretary, he is more than qualified to run either of those organizations. Of-course my first choice would be Madoff, but he pissed off too many wealthy individuals to ever get out of jail now.

    1. Re:even a better idea by fascismforthepeople · · Score: 1

      he pissed off too many wealthy individuals to ever get out of jail now.

      Except that is exactly what you have advocated for a long time, though - a judicial system for the wealthy. You call for greater concentration of power for the wealthiest people in this country, and here you are looking at a prime example of it - yet you are unhappy?

      You claim that concentrating wealth and power into increasingly fewer hands will somehow deliver freedom. You claim that you want liberty - though what you really aim to bring about is fascism for the people.

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    Why not leave him in Thai jail.

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  11. Loose Lips Sink Ships by dav1dc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "The hacker had developed a considerable reputation as a major operator of ZeuS-powered botnets and bragged about his exploits"

    Seems if he had just enjoyed the 100M and kept his mouth shut they might not have figured out who he is...

    1. Re:Loose Lips Sink Ships by timeOday · · Score: 1

      Ego boost is the only real reason to amass a great fortune, so having it and keeping it secret is little better than not having it at all.

    2. Re:Loose Lips Sink Ships by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I don't know. Retirement sounds awfully good to me.

  12. In related news by dkleinsc · · Score: 1, Interesting

    US banks caught stealing billions from unsuspecting depositors, borrowers, investors, municipal governments, and the US treasury, had investigations of their activity closed out with nobody indicted or arrested.

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    1. Re:In related news by witherstaff · · Score: 1

      The golden rule, he who has the gold makes the rules.

  13. A 24-year-old Algerian man remains in a Thai jail by The+Shootist · · Score: 1

    If I had 100 million dollars?

    You would not find me.

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  15. Old News but some links from local Thai media... by nickserv · · Score: 4, Informative

    This story should have run nearly a week ago, he was arrested last Sunday GMT +7.

    Here's a story about it from the Bangkok Post that ran on the 7th GMT +7 http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/329622/police-nab-suspect-wanted-for-hacking

    Here's another from local media in Thailand. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Hacker-held-pending-extradition-30197522.html

    "The lawsuit states the suspect used the "spy eye" software to steal people's financial information through phony Web pages from 217 computer networks worldwide from December 2009 to September 2011. An arrest warrant was issued in the state of Georgia on December 21, 2011. US authorities later called on Thai police to nab him and also requested that he be detained pending extradition."

    In the last couple years it seems that Thailand is trying to displace Canada as America's #1 bitch.

    As you can see from the photos he's been all smiles from his arrest at the airport to the obligatory publicity photo op Thai police hold when they occasionally do their job and arrest someone.

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  16. Different from finance? by loufoque · · Score: 1

    How is using a bot to farm millions any different than what financial companies do?

    1. Re:Different from finance? by ScentCone · · Score: 2

      How is using a bot to farm millions any different than what financial companies do?

      When you pay interest, or management fees, or brokerage fees, you're doing it on purpose. You've shopped around, chosen the institution you want to do business with, made the choice to use their services and to pay what it costs. You really don't understand how that differs from someone who steals money by using compromised user accounts to take money against your will and without your knowledge?

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  17. Put the ketchup bottle down, Mr. Abignale... by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 2

    > "and bragged about his exploits"

    Stupid, stupid supervillains.

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  18. Says a CEO of a bank/board of directors member by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Centralized banks are part of the problem out there. The USA can't pay off debts when they borrow money at interest compounding the debt even more. You'll never get into the principal of the debt is why. It is a huge trap, which is why Rothschild himself (a member of the IMF - international monetary fund) said "I care not who makes the laws in a nation if I control the money supply". Now, mind you, the FED itself isn't anymore 'federal' than Federal Express is. It's not even really legal - it was voted in while the majority of the house/senate was out on Xmas vacation when only the "cronies" bought & paid for by the wealthy bankers remained on purpose to make this 'law' (yes, we truly have the "best money can buy" in many of our politicians). Andrew Jackson wrote on his gravestone "I killed the bank" - why? We had ANOTHER depression prior to "the great one" earlier on that not many speak of, as generations forget, a major premise here in fact (also engineered like that in the 1920's by J.P. Morgan a crony of big money too, who could steer markets with his words is how/why & destroy them with misinformation to - people 'bum rushed' the banks on his advice to pull their monies). Once Jackson removed central bank interests? The USA righted itself financially again. Lincoln avoided them also by printing the greenback rather than letting bankers clutches choke this nation as well. The bankers don't give up that easily though. They don't *think* in 5-10 yr. increments in time. They think 50-100 yrs. ahead & did it again with Woodrow Wilson: That's right. He even said "I made a pact with the devil" (near to that, not direct quote). What happened?? The great depression of the 20's not too long after! The "investment class" plays entire populace's by the very fact of this old adage: "Those who don't know history are bound to repeat it" - they keep doing the same basic trick time & again, every other generation (knowing those new ones won't recall the game played on them 1-2 generations before is why). They know history, & use it against you. You don't know it, they know they CAN do it and will. So, get real banker - you can fool most of us most of the time, but not all of us, all of the time. Between big federal gov't. (which has those "truly best money can really buy" politicians noted above, & everyone knows it) which needs to be downsized because of the 'favors' they can sell (to lobbyists or their corporate masters that have corporate execs write bills they pass into law, via the 'revolving door' with guys like Dick Cheney going in & out of politics over decades to MAKE it happen as I explain it) this is the basic mechanics used against you people. A child can understand it once shown and with examples noted above. Argue with them, history of all things, backs me completely.

  19. Thanks for proving my point(s)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Now? I'll prove a few more (which ought to enlighten MANY here with facts):

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    See that, & my subject-line above...

    * Yes, I am always correct - that's not very difficult since I know the nature of the opponent!

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    1. Re:Thanks for proving my point(s)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

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  20. Got arrested with $100M? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 1

    That's worse than getting caught in a police chase on a literbike. With $100M it's possible to make yourself impossible to arrest, worst case scenario you get yourself a nice mansion in the Mexican countryside and hire some ex-military gangsters to run your security.

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  21. Absolutely (want to know more? Read)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

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    ... apk

    1. Re:Absolutely (want to know more? Read)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

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  22. Easy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Take all his money, download his brain, bullet to the head.

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            trollstring = ""
            for apksays in s:
                trollstring = apksays + trollstring
        except:
            print("error/abend in reverse function")
        return trollstring

    s = ""
    print reverse(s)

    try:
      s = "Insert whatever 'trollspeak/trolllanguage' gibberish occurs here..."
      s = reverse(s)
      print(s)
    except Exception as e:
      print(e)

    ---

    ... apk

  24. No. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Your little pipe dream scenario didn't help John McAffee. In the end the Belizian state started coming for his money. It started with the little fish biting at him, the barracudas then converged and he then decided to run before the sharks got there.

    The problem with hiring mercenaries to "protect" you is they eventually realize there's no one to protect you against THEM.

  25. I write code (this batch is 4U, lol)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    An application of "ReVeRsE-PsYcHoLoGy" - & just 4 off-topic trolls like you in fact!

    (In addition to this app that helps people, unlike a troll on forums like YOUR "ne'er-do-well" self -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74 )

    HOWEVER - per my subject-line above? Well - I especially crafted THIS code, just for TROLLS like you (lol):

    "?kcoc nwo ruoy kcus naht od ot retteb gnihtyna evah uoy t'noD" - by Anonymous Coward ANOTHER "ne'er-do-well" /. OFF-TOPIC TROLL oon Saturday January 12, @10:30AM (#42567509)

    "???"

    Uhm... Could we get a translation of that off-topic "troll-speak/trolllanguage" of yours, please?

    ---

    I'd also like to impart some wisdom on you, on the grounds of which you have attempted to libel myself on:

    "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society..." - J. Krishnamurti

    * And, you're an off-topic troll - no questions asked...SEE MY SUBJECT LINE ABOVE!

    LASTLY? /. IS an unhealthy society, & this is your proof -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3377363&cid=42567085

    APK

    P.S.=> Yes, it must have just have been another off-topic done nothing of significance with his life troll spewing his off-topic b.s. again & not contributing to the ongoing conversations. Oh well - No biggie!

    ("ReVeRsE-PsYcHoLoGy", for trolls - Courtesy of this code by "yours truly" in less than 1 second flat):

    ---

    #TrollTalkComReversePsychologyKiller.py (Ver #2 by APK)

    def reverse(s):
              try:
                      trollstring = ""
                      for apksays in s:
                              trollstring = apksays + trollstring
              except:
                      print("error/abend in reverse function")
              return trollstring

    s = ""
    print reverse(s)

    try:
          s = "Insert whatever 'trollspeak/trolllanguage' gibberish occurs here..."
          s = reverse(s)
          print(s)
    except Exception as e:
          print(e)

    ---

    ... apk

  26. Yes - I write code (just 4U2, troll)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    An application of "ReVeRsE-PsYcHoLoGy" - & just 4 off-topic trolls like you in fact!

    (In addition to this app that helps people for SPEED & SECURITY, unlike a troll on forums like YOUR "ne'er-do-well" self -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74 )

    HOWEVER - per my subject-line above? Well - I especially crafted THIS code, just for TROLLS like you (lol):

    "?kcoc nwo ruoy kcus naht od ot retteb gnihtyna evah uoy t'noD" - by Anonymous Coward ANOTHER "ne'er-do-well" /. OFF-TOPIC TROLL oon Saturday January 12, @10:30AM (#42567509)

    "???"

    Uhm... Could we get a translation of that off-topic "troll-speak/trolllanguage" of yours, please?

    ---

    I'd also like to impart some wisdom on you, on the grounds of which you have attempted to libel myself on:

    "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society..." - J. Krishnamurti

    LASTLY? /. IS an unhealthy society, & this is your proof -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3377363&cid=42567085

    ---

    * And, you're an off-topic troll - no questions asked... SEE MY SUBJECT LINE ABOVE!

    APK

    P.S.=> Yes, it must have just have been another off-topic done nothing of significance with his life troll spewing his off-topic b.s. again + profanities and libel, not contributing to the ongoing conversations. Oh well - No biggie!

    ("ReVeRsE-PsYcHoLoGy", for trolls - Courtesy of this code by "yours truly" in less than 1 second flat):

    ---

    #TrollTalkComReversePsychologyKiller.py (Ver #2 by APK)

    def reverse(s):
        try:
            trollstring = ""
            for apksays in s:
                trollstring = apksays + trollstring
        except:
            print("error/abend in reverse function")
        return trollstring

    s = ""
    print reverse(s)

    try:
      s = "Insert whatever 'trollspeak/trolllanguage' gibberish occurs here..."
      s = reverse(s)
      print(s)
    except Exception as e:
      print(e)

    ---

    ... apk

  27. Absolutely AGREED, 110% (want to know more?) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3377363&cid=42566953

    * Yes, I posted that...

    APK

    P.S.=> 1 tiny point I will amend here though on it, & the BIGGEST CROOKS IN EXISTENCE - Rothchild's family is there now, descendants, in the "IMF", not "Baron Rothschild" himself (he merely helped setup the banks for control of money for his descendants, & the Rockefellers + 13 or so others, & he even said it himself HOW/WHY- read what he said there)...

    ... apk

  28. That only goes so far (see history)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Until they get hung in revolutions along with their strongarm henchmen. Look to history for that (Russia, France, & others).

    * That shit only goes so far, & for so long, before they push to hard, & the masses rise up + revolt!

    APK

    P.S.=> It's the MAIN REASON why 'entitlements' like the welfare system were created in the USA though - people generally don't DO that until their kids are starving or freezing (people, normal people/salt of the earth, can take a LOT OF SHIT, but only so far, before SHIT HAPPENS)...

    ... apk

  29. Thank-You: I know (on 2 grounds)... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Stemming from "the root of ALL 'evil'" - the "holy dollar" & greed! I mean, seriously - how much $ does a man need? Enough perhaps to leave his kids a legacy & have a good life right??

    WRONG - not for those with what I call "a virus of the spirit" called GREED...

    That TYPE is worse than heroin junkies, & enough is NEVER enough. I suppose when you're stuck with a 2" penis, it's the only help they have, lol... it's gotta be that, or something is PSYCHOLOGICALLY missing for them to be that way!

    They say "money is the only way to keep score"? Score of what?? Psychological inadequacy projecting itself??? Personally - I never judged a man by the thickness of his wallet, but by his deeds of service to others.

    Anyhow/anyways: Here on how banks work -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3377363&cid=42567085 fucking us ALL over, hard!

    ---

    Prhaps MORE DIRECTLY vs. 'concerned parties' here, on what custom hosts files can do for you as the end user of them (adversely affecting advertisers & those they pay, websites, as well - never mind they steal your bandwidth & MONEY YOU PAY YOUR ISP FOR ONLINE TIME MONTHLY as well as CPU cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O translating to higher ELECTRIC BILLS, right?) -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3377363&cid=42566755

    APK

    P.S.=> I'll have to thank Animats especially one day, in regard to the latter, since something he said helps my points immensely, & because of his deeds...

    Why?

    He's John Nagle (he contributed to the IP stack directly in fact, I respect him for it immensely, unlike many here, especially trolls that downmod all of my posts with NO real technical justification in computing or otherwise as to why - he's a "doer", not an "armchair quarterback talker" only)

    For his statements on advertising on the web, here since said it best on advertisers & the web -> http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3359149&cid=42482289

    ... apk

  30. To the troll SCUMBAG downmodding me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    I challenge you FAIRLY to disprove my points here -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3377363&cid=42566755

    * YOU CAN'T!

    (I know it, YOU KNOW IT, & anyone else reading with 1/2 a brain does too...)

    GO FOR IT - do so, point-by-point quoting me IF need be (in fact, that would be the PREFERRED METHOD, so you don't just 'skip over' what you cannot even BEGIN to touch!)

    APK

    P.S.=> Many have tried here - to date, since late 2007? NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU "naysayer trolls" has... fact, period!

    ... apk

  31. what!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    no terrorist or al qaeda link? i thought this was sop

  32. Re:Sure: I write code (here's some 4U, troll)... a by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just go kill yourself, Alex. The world hates you.

  33. My upward modded posts state otherwise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See my subject-line above, & then roughly 241++ of them & I post as AC (hard to get even +1, as /. hides our posts & we "AC"'s start @ ZERO/0 points, unlike registered "lusers", lol!):

    ---

    +5 'modded up' posts by "yours truly" (8):

    HOSTS & BGP:2010 -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1901826&cid=34490450
    FIREFOX IN DANGER: 2011 -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2559120&cid=38268580
    TESLA:2010 -> http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1872982&cid=34264190
    TESLA:2010 -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1806946&cid=33777976
    NVIDIA 2d:2006 -> http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=175774&cid=14610147
    Ubuntu Linux sends back local disk query strings to CANONICAL: 2012 -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3304601&cid=42234351
    Question to Mr. Mark Shuttleworth @ UBUNTU/CANONICAL: 2012 -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3304725&cid=42243467
    COMPUTER ASSOCIATES BUSTED FOR ACCOUNTING FRAUD:2010 -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1884922&cid=34350102

    ----

    +4 'modded up' posts by "yours truly" (5):

    APK SECURITY GUIDE:2005 -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=167071&cid=13931198
    INFO. SYSTEMS WORK:2005 -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=161862&cid=13531817
    WINDOWS @ NASDAQ 7++ YRS. NOW:2009 -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1290967&cid=28571315
    CARMACK'S ARMADILLO AEROSPACE:2005 -> http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=158310&cid=13263898
    What I admire about Theo DeRaadt of BSD fame: 2012 -> http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3007641&cid=40785151

    ----

    +3 'modded up' posts by "yours truly" (7):

    APK MICROSOFT INTERVIEW:2005 -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=155172&cid=13007974
    Linux security failures 2011-2012: 2012 -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3319303&cid=42306663
    APK MS SYMBOLIC DIRECTORY LINKS:2005 -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=166850&cid=13914137
    APK FOOLS IE7 INSTALL IN BETA HOW TO:2006 -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=175857&cid=14615222
    PROOFS ON OPERA SPEED & SECURITY:2007 -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=273931&cid=20291847
    HBGary POST in Fake Names On Social Networks, a Fake Problem:2011 -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2375110&cid=37056304
    APK RC STOP ROOKIT TECHNIQUES:2008