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Part 3: I Was A Cybercrook For The FBI

Part 3 of Dave Thomas' story of working as a cybercriminal for the FBI story is up on Wired, The Boards Come Crashing Down. More »

11:51 AM on Thu Feb 1 2007
By Ben Popken
236 views, 6 comments

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I Was A Cybercrook For The FBI

Parts 2 and 3 of the Dave Thomas Cybercrook story are up on Wired. The excellent report by Kim Zeter, two years in the making, offers a fascinating insight into the world of identity thieves, credit card scammers, phishers and all sorts of electronic fraud. Follow along as Dave transitions from petty thief, to cyber-crime master under the name ""El Mariachi" and with a James Cagney online avatar, to informant on the noose for the feds. More »

10:09 AM on Wed Jan 31 2007
By Ben Popken
286 views, 3 comments

Latest by Gasface: Just a note: The article you have listed as part three is not part of the cybercrime series. Part three more »

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Cali Dollar Trees Source of ATM Hacks

Shopping at the Dollar Tree could end up costing you a lot. Hundreds of California patrons of the discount store report having money jacked from their debit accounts, reports KCRA. Most likely, this was through the use of cloned ATM cards. More »

4:53 PM on Thu Aug 3 2006
By Ben Popken
317 views, 3 comments

Latest by mschlock: That's the Dollar Tree next to the supermarket we always used to shop at when I was a kid. more »

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Online Fraudster Interviewed

SmallWorldPodcast interviewed El Mariachi, a man who commits online fraud and identity theft. The interview reveals details about another scammer, Dillinger, who was involved with the ATM hacks of the ill-fabled "Russian Connection" scandal. More »

12:35 PM on Wed Jul 12 2006
By Ben Popken
253 views, 3 comments

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The News; Impotent Indignation

• The street price of Cialis is on the rise. "Drug Prices Up Sharply This Year" [NYT] [pic]
• Egalitarianism has left the airport. "Southwest to Try Seat Assignments" [NYT]
• Because pedophiles find it so hard to lie about their age online. "MySpace to Add Restrictions to Protect Younger Teenagers" [NYT]
• Son of Enron aborted. "Accounting Industry Loses Bid to Relax Rule"[LAT]
• For the Second Coming, Jesus should overturn the Cingular phone dealer's tables. "Court Upholds Fine of Cingular" [LAT]
• The news is not that a data breach at VISA had a data breach that caused consumer's debit cards to get stolen, it's that they're actually finally formally announcing it. "Visa Says ATM Breach May Have Exposed Data" [CT]

1:02 PM on Wed Jun 21 2006
By Ben Popken
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New Chase Debit Card Still Lets Vonage Screw Customer on Old Card

You would think that after Chase goes through the trouble of reissuing new Visa debit cards to replace its MasterCards, they might also take the precaution of deactivating the old card when the new one is activated. Not so, Disappointed in NYC writes. When our reader tried to cancel Vonage, they wanted to charge a cancellation fee. He refused but they still charged his old Chase Mastercard. Chase CSR said the Vonage charge went through but nothing else would. More »

12:33 PM on Thu Jun 15 2006
By Ben Popken
410 views, 4 comments

Latest by cornholeshop: This doesn't bode well for me. I'm getting ready to cancel my WaMu credit card because I think it's more »

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John Dillinger Was a Bank Robber Who Walked Through Walls

Last week, we linked to an excellent interview where Bazooka Joe at Small World Podcast spoke with an individual going by the name of "John Dillinger" who participated in the big ATM PIN block crisis. His involvement was to embed blank cards with the hacked PINS, withdraw the money from ATMs, and send back a percentage to his uplink. John Dillinger commented on the post to make sure we got the story straight: More »

12:27 PM on Mon Jun 12 2006
By popkin
314 views, 5 comments

Latest by ModerateSnark: For some reason, I found the word "ubtain" hilarious. ...Even though that could be just a typo, while "past," "Dont," "beleave," more »

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PIN Block Phish, Basted

Oh, this is just classic. Phishers are now trying to capitalize on the PIN block crisis. More »

11:57 AM on Mon Jun 12 2006
By popkin
170 views, 4 comments

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Debit Card Hacker Interviewed

Small World's Bazooka Joe interviews "John Dillinger," a debit card hacker who participated in the infamous "Russian Connection" ATM hack scandal. He discusses how he and others hacked millions of debit card accounts and why the story never makes the mainstream news. More »

8:05 PM on Mon Jun 5 2006
By popkin
423 views, 9 comments

Latest by JD: First off I never hacked those pins. And I only guessed that those were hacked I was never told that more »

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Thunder Before The Storm? Another Citibank Account 'Compromised'

Buckle yourselves in, boys and girls. Is this email we just received from Kate H. the first rumbling of another massive slate of Citibank security breaches? More »

9:42 PM on Thu Jun 1 2006
By consumerist.com
494 views, 5 comments

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