On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 7:10 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote:
> So let me get this straight, they bribed someone to let them in, stole > the data (supposedly), and are publicly attempting to extort money money? > If any of this story is true - I suspect it was social engineering. Usually hackers FAR prefer the challenge of convincing someone to do something for free than outright bribing them. > As with some of the commenters on the article, it doesn't pass the > smell test to me. Perhaps - we will see. > Even if it is legit, the people involved are now on the hook for how many > felonies? Definitely crime, and the story reads a bit like an Austin Powers plot, but it's plausible, at least. I'm interested in knowing how it all works out. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:354504 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
