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Cybercriminals Has Heroin Delivered To Brian Krebs, Then Calls Police
Okian Warrior writes in about a package of heroin that found its way to the door of Brian Krebs. "'Fans' of [security researcher Brian Krebs] have shown their affection in some curious ways. One called in a phony hostage situation that resulted in a dozen heavily armed police surrounding my home. Another opened a $20,000 new line of credit in my name. Others sent more than $1,000 in bogus PayPal donations from hacked accounts. Still more admirers paid my cable bill for the next three years using stolen credit cards. Malware authors have even used my name and likeness to peddle their wares. But the most recent attempt to embarrass and fluster this author easily takes the cake as the most elaborate: Earlier this month, the administrator of an exclusive cybercrime forum hatched and executed a plan to purchase heroin, have it mailed to my home, and then spoof a phone call from one of my neighbors alerting the local police. Thankfully, I had already established a presence on his forum and was able to monitor the scam in real time and alert my local police well in advance of the delivery."
http://krebsonsecurity.com/
Slagborr
Samzenpus is actually a cat. Don't hold it against him.
which is totally what she said
A guy named Czar posted a thinly veiled threat as a comment upon Krebs' blog post:
"and easy to speak of the lives of others [hackers, carders, botmasters]
you [Krebs] invade the forum these guys and find that they do not go doing anything?, it would be foolish on your part
be realistic, you are at risk talking shit about these guys
this minimum and that they can make in relation to you,
Now, imagine if it was a bomb?, what do you think? [Krebs]
would be surprising if some hacker will not do this someday
good luck with your work, the risks are increasing lol;"
Now one wonders how THAT is going to be played out....
Religous speak to God. Insane are spoken to by God. When all shut up, one can finally hear Shostakovich in peace
...And why is an article with a broken link featuring on the /. homepage? Are the moderators drunk?
No, but they did recieve a small brown package in the mail this morning...
I posted a comment on his blog a while ago where I questioned the validity of the results of his research that caught a lot of attention a while back. For example, one of his biggest finds was that that one of the scammer' name is Vasily Ivanovich Petrov, which is just a placeholder name just like Joe Public in Russian. He never approved my comment or provided any feedback. If he was an actual researcher, he wouldn't silence reasonable criticism towards him.
It's sad to see him get one meaningless article after another on Slashdot.
I don't know who he, but I get the feeling that if he keeps publicizing everything that people send his way or do to him, it might become an internet past-time for more people to start doing the same. It'll be like an internet gameshow:
"Who can send the craziest thing to Brian Krebs?"
It's all fun and games til somebody decides to send a shit covered blasting cap or who knows what else.
Careful with names containing L slashdot.org/~AiphaWolf_HK slashdot.org/~AlphaWoif_HK slashdot.org/~AiphaWoif_HK
I only see an "f" in the middle and a crossed out "s" in the top left.
Ezekiel 23:20
The summary switches between third-party and first-person perspective multiple times which is confusing.
Is this the quality standard we are to expect from Slashdot now?
Indeed, yesterday I read multiple summaries which had spelling errors that a fifth grader would catch when reading through. One can only surmise that Slashdot editors now need to spend less than three minutes writing a summary.
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You have to wonder how often law enforcement does this to justify SWAT raids.
Cybercriminals HAS [sic] Heroin?
What is this, I Can Haz Slashdot?
but I have to wonder how many bitcoin users are government intelligence officers of assorted nationalities, or even security officers for assorted private corporations doing stuff that they do not want traced.
This is obviously yet another blatant attempt by the federal government to discredit a real American hero. Not convinced? Look at the facts:
I could go on and on, but I believe these facts speak for themselves.
I tried that "Hey, cybercriminals delivered this heroin to me" routine and the cops didn't buy it.
I have shitty luck.
You are welcome on my lawn.
I'm still amazed the police gave a shit. Around here they normally just fob you off until the drugs actually arrive, then arrest you and take your DNA, computers, phones etc. Then finally when you get a lawyer they might drop the case (typically takes about six months if it's fast-tracked) and then after a few years you get your stuff back.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
"Who can send the craziest thing to Brian Krebs?"
A bobcat? http://xkcd.com/325/
- Blah blah blah, missing scientist. Blah blah blah, atomic bomb. -
Another reason why the war on drugs does more harm than good. This guy is lucky to be alive and was very fortunate to have the wherewithal to be one step ahead of the ne'er-do-wells. Anyone else would have had a very real chance of getting injured, maimed or killed by the local paramilitary police force. Let's not kid ourselves, it probably helps that he's white and privileged, too.
If we had sane drug policy, the worst that could have happened is having the drugs confiscated and getting a slap-on-the-wrist regulatory fine.
I hope he does not have to pay EFT fees and other stuff to fix that and that they don't cut him off. What cable co lets someone pay for 3 years up front like that without an fraud flag going up?
WARNING
You're an idiot if you actually clicked on that link.
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
Brian Krebs is a former Washington Post investigative journalist who has been writing about Internet security issues for a long time. He writes a lot about malicious attacks and often exposes the attackers. These are not nice people, either; they are spammers, botnet herders, guys who make, sell and buy credit card skimmers, hackers who steal credit card info, guys who run DDoS-for-hire sites, etc.
He uses aliases to get himself invited to underground forums, monitors them for as long as he can, then exposes the criminals. The bad guys are also improving their own security, and becoming more adept at turning the tables. One forum placed unique values in the "# of posts" listed in the left side column of their forum, then outed him when he posted a screenshot.
Needless to say, the people he is messing with are very annoyed at him. They are trying all the tricks they can to harass him remotely, such as ordering merchandise paid for on his credit cards, sending him unwanted (and now illegal) stuff, and using his credit cards to donate to charities. They've been trying to send him all the craziest, most annoying, most hazardous stuff they can without personally touching the merchandise themselves. The most dangerous stuff they have managed to send him so far was the SWAT van full of cops in a midnight raid. If these guys could get someone else to ship him a live cobra in a box, or a shit covered blasting cap, they wouldn't hesitate for a second.
While he may not be a "hero", Mr. Krebs has done some good work at cleaning up several of the nastier elements that infest the Internet. You get less spam in your in box thanks to him.
John
He looks pretty clean cut; that seems to go a long way with the police. From his history, it seems like the local police and him have a pretty intimate (and not adversarial) relationship. I think that helps quite a bit, too.
Repeat the situation with a mass-media stereotypical "hacker" and it would probably fit your description a little closer.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a youtube comments section scrolling - forever.
The police hate reports like this because they require huge resources to solve. Some guys in Russia ordered some drugs from the Farmers Market on Tor and paid with BitCoins. The seller presumably took steps to prevent them simply tracing the origin of the package. All the report does is add 1 to the unsolved drug crime stats for their area, making them look bad.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
No, usually the cops have to plant the drugs themselves.
That title is just embarrassing.
Either of these are correct:
Cybercriminals Have Heroin Delivered To Brian Krebs, Then Calls Police
or
Cybercriminal Has Heroin Delivered To Brian Krebs, Then Calls Police
Let's at least hold our submissions up to standards of English that we should have learned before leaving grammar school.
- Zav - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of insensitive clods...
Security researcher or enthusiast rule #1: if you're going to try and frame someone or whatever, don't fucking post about it on the public internet
"Local police successfully intercept Heroin shipment"
"Police seize drugs worth $4000"
"Police thwart blackmail attempt"
"Police become fucking heroes of the night"
The police _love_ this sort of shit.