The Seven Best Capers of 2008

[JJ_BPK]

You need to read these,, this is the future for the Criminal World,, and by natural selection,,, Politicians..

Some what funny, but scary at the same time...


It was a bad year for the economy, the Republican party and gay rights. But 2008 was a banner year for technology-aided crime. Competition was tough, but after an exhaustive search, Threat Level has produced this authoritative list of the best capers of the year.

But we're leaving the award of the grand prize, the coveted Lex Luthor Award for Best Caper of 2008, in your hands. Vote up or down as you see fit. We'll send the winner, or his attorney, a t-shirt he can wear to announce his prize-winning status to his underworld cohorts. Voting closes on Jan. 7.

If you're a criminal that didn't make this year's rogues gallery, take heart. There's always 2009.

blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/capers.html





Enjoy and Merry Christmas

[Saoirse]

The Reverse Philly
Not every brilliant caper is masterminded by a criminal. For two years, a mysterious Eastern European cyber crook known as "Master Splynter" ran a flourishing cyber crime supersite called DarkMarket.ws. Brazen and defiant, Splynter boasted of turning his nefarious site into "the premier English-speaking forum for conducting business" -- i.e., buying and selling stolen identity information and hacked credit card numbers. And he took particular delight in spitting bile on the federal agents trying to take him down.

In September, following the arrest of another DarkMarket administrator in Turkey, Splynter announced he was getting out while the getting was good. A month after he shuttered the site, which boasted 2,500 members at its peak, DarkMarket's displaced denizens learned the truth: the site was a sting operation, and their buddy Master Splynter was Pittsburgh FBI agent J. Keith Mularski. The FBI says the long con netted 56 arrests worldwide, and prevented $70 million in fraud losses. Threat Level thinks Mularski would make a damn fine criminal if he weren't one of the good guys.

Now thats what I am talking about. LE doing what they do best! Great job! :lifter

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I predict that by 2010 Canada, Europe, Russia, China and Mexico will be rife with this kind of crime.

...or not