The Edge of I-Hacked

from Mac Forums

wow.

from MAKE: Blog:
Idtheftbot
These are fun, paper craft malware bots from Symantec to educate folks on PC viri/bad software via Boingboing.

Bots:

Denial of Service Bot, aka “DoS Bot”
Extortion Bot, aka “Bling Bot”
Identity Theft Bot, aka “Bot Simpson”
Spambot, aka “Spam-a-bot,” “Canned Spam”
Fraud Bot, aka “Phishing Bot,” “Bot Water”

from OCNN.com

MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma AP — A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state.
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John Tyler Hammons will be sworn in next week as mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma.

With all precincts reporting, John Tyler Hammons won with 70 percent of the vote over former Mayor Hershel Ray McBride, said Muskogee County Election Board Secretary Bill Bull.

The public placing their trust in me is the greatest, humbling and most awesome experience I ve ever had in my life, said Hammons, who is from Muskogee but attends the university in Norman.

The two candidates squared off in a runoff election for the nonpartisan post after neither secured 50 percent of the vote in a six-person election April 1.

Hammons, who will be sworn in next week, said he plans to continue his college education but expects to transfer to a school closer to Muskogee.

Being elected does not change my desire to continue my education, he said. We will schedule our time in an appropriate fashion so that I can be mayor and stay in school.

Hammons replaces Wren Stratton, who decided not to seek re-election after one term.

The mayor leads the nine-member city council and serves as a voting member. Hammons said a key to his platform that resonated with voters was openness of government and keeping citizens better informed of city operations.

I think that s been a detriment to the trust of the citizens of Muskogee, he said. Once we have that trust, we can solve any other problem.

Not tech related — but still kind of “hacker-ish” =)

from filefront.com

Probably every other person who has ever played an online game has wished they could get some real-life revenge for in-game transgressions. But not many people have the means to do so and even then, you’d think some people’s concience would prevent them from actually doing anything too drastic. Of course none of that stopped one outsourced Comcast tech named Mark Ribeiro. After being hit with a packet flood by someone on Xbox Live, he decided to find a way to get back at the perpetrator. So he used the resources available to him at work to find the kid’s personal info – since he happened to be using Comcast — and thought he’d have a little fun by calling up his house. He described the incident on the Halo 3 forums:

“well the father was furious, not at me however he assured me he would take care of the problem… the father began to yell at his son, i then heard a loud smack, and then sobbing, and then cracking noise as if something was breaking..it then occured to me that the father had just beat the s*** out of his kid, and the cracking noise was the sound of a hammer on an xbox , i decided that being the self indulgent bastard i am, i wanted more…the father put the son on the phone, still sobbing i might add..and i said to him..”do you know who this is??” he answered “no”..i said “remember that guy u cheated some 20-30 minutes ago and i said u would pay??, well guess what son…u just did.”

It’s hard to tell if Ribiero is just making stuff up to be dramatic (because getting kids physically beaten is soooo cool), but regardless, he then went on to gloat about what sort of power his job grants him:

“YES I can powercycle ’shut off your modem’ and lag you out of matchmaking as well…let this stupid little boy be a lesson to u all, dont flood my ip, or anyone elses…because if you plan on doing so i will cancel your service and you WILL have to find an new isp which can mean up to 500$ in installation charges, and for many of you comcast is the ONLY isp in your area…so let me rephrase this..IS IT WORTH IT????”

Now that we’ve established this guy is a huge tool, it’s also worth noting that he used his real name in posting on the forums. Naturally, Comcast has caught wind of this, according to spokesperson, Jenni Moyer:

“We have identified the person who created this inappropriate post as an employee of Convergys, a third-party vendor who provides technical customer support for Comcast customers…We’ve contacted Convergys to demand that he be immediately removed from performing any work for Comcast and that they conduct a thorough investigation and take appropriate disciplinary action.”

I’ve said before that I love to hear stories of internet justice, but those usually involve people wreaking vengeance on others who are bigger tools than themselves. Plus those people usually go through proper channels — which this guy would know about — before going all vigilante, and then they usually just use information that anyone could obtain through normal internet sites. Instead, we’ve got a guy using his access to people’s personal information to carry out his own personal vengeance; and then saying he would gladly do similar things to others who cross him online. Yeah, cause what we really need is some d-bag from Xbox Live having access to people’s phone numbers and credit cards.

from LAist:

Stealing $15 of Del Taco food for you and your buddies can land you a maximum of seven years in prison. That’s what two accomplices are up against in a case where three men filmed themselves tricking Del Taco employees over the phone to give them a free meal and then posting it on YouTube. The video’s “star,” Robert Echeverria, who Rialto police said is a known gang member and was “crying like a baby” at the station before making a plea bargain to serve 30 days in jail with three years of probation.

“How To Scam Del Taco” was posted on YouTube embedded below on February 22nd it has over 20,000 views so far and after a tip to police, the three were soon in custody. The two boys posted bail, but Echeverria remained as he could not produce enough money to follow suit.

For prosecutors, this is a slam dunk case and say they’ve never had anything so ready to go. Echeverria was scheduled to be in court yesterday. The three say they were just fooling around and never intended this to be blown out of “proportion.” Stealing is stealing, isn’t it? Video after the jump.

I am so glad these guys went to jail. If you are going to film a “Social Engineering” attack — make it slick. Not stupid.

From Zdnet

The North Denver News reports
that Thomas Martel, 28, of Bonnie Brae, Colorado recently underwent
“whittling” thumb surgery to better enable him to use the
iPhone.

Thomas Martel, 28, of Bonnie Brae is a big guy. So he has a hard
time using the features on ever-shrinking user interfaces on devices
like his new iPhone. At least, he did, until he had his thumbs
surgically altered in a revolutionary new surgical technique known as
“whittling.”

“From my old Treo, to my Blackberry, to this new iPhone, I had
a hard time hitting the right buttons, and I always lost those little
styluses,” Martel tells reporter James Bently. “Sure, the
procedure was expensive, but when I think of all the time I save by
being able to use modern handhelds so much faster, I really think the
surgery will pay for itself in ten to fifteen years. And what
it’s saving me in frustration - that’s priceless.”

Well OK, Tom.

“This is really, on the edge sort of stuff,” explains
Dr. Robert Fox Spars, who worked on developing the procedure.
“We’re turning plastic surgery from something that people
use in service of vanity, to a real tool for improving workplace
efficiency.”

As Bently describes it, “the procedure involved making a small
incision into both thumbs and shaving down the bones, followed by
careful muscular alteration and modification of the fingernails.

from consumerist

The Consumerist’s 3-month sting operation snared a Geek Squad technician stealing porn from our hard drive, and we’ve got the work-safe video and logfiles to prove it.

Ok, if you watch the apple iPhone demo (below) real close, you will see phone numbers..

Looks like Johnny Appleseeds phone number is: 408-550-3542

GIVE IT A CALL! =)

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