User: natetheokay

There's a Good Reason it's Cheap

On: Hackers Are Selling Facebook Credentials on the Dark Web For $3 (nypost.com)

Converting stolen credentials into actual money is hard. Since banks can repudiate and reverse password-enabled transfers you have to have a mule to be left holding the (empty) bag when the bank reverses the transfer. Microsoft had an interesting whitepaper on the topic a few years back: https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...

Construction costs aren't the problem

On: Google Fights Bay Area Housing Prices With Pre-Fab Housing (siliconvalley.com)

The housing crunch has little to do with the cost of construction and much to do with restrictive zoning and discretionary reviews that prevent projects from happening at all.

Happens at my company all the time

On: Businesses Lose $3.1 Billion to Email Scams, FBI Warns (networkworld.com)

The giveaway is that the executives ask way too nicely in the emails.