wired.com — For 18 tense months, a computer-savvy grifter named David Thomas runs a thriving online crime hub for bank heists, identity theft and counterfeiting, with the FBI paying the bills. Part one of a three-part series by Kim Zetter.
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Closed AccountJan 30, 2007
I was poking around some IRC chans, and I came across this: on the Irc.CCpowerOnline.Net server, channel #ccpower, one can find 100-300 people swapping, generating, validating, and using stolen credit cards and bank logins. Personally, it was quite scary to witness. They have bots in the channel that can pump out a CC# at the drop of a hat. It is a true den of thieves.PLEASE NOTE:I am not sharing this information to encourage illegal behavior - I am simply empowering those who do not know their enemy.
inboulderJan 30, 2007
How do we know this guy isn't completely full of it, this sounds like fiction. (and it is from wired)
indicasJan 30, 2007
So he was a rat.
twangoJan 30, 2007
I'd like to hear what Mitnick has to say about this story.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick</a>
sannmJan 30, 2007
So how did you find that thread from the "carder" site anyways...Please dont steal my identity :(
steal_apps01Jan 30, 2007
KEVIN FREE!
Closed AccountJan 30, 2007
Wow, awesome story. Thanks. Pretty much a dream job. Working for the Feds, getting paid and being criminal minded. Just a dream using all of the amazing government tools in order to get a job done. And to whoever wrote, rat. You gotta be sick or something. People changing for a good cause. It's like Police, without them we would all be corrupt without fear of doing something bad. I ain't a big fan of the police. But Still BIGG Props to this article.
Closed AccountJan 31, 2007
1. Cook up exciting spy story involving FBI and Russians2. Sell it to gullible media outfit3. Profit from fame4. Try not to get killed, if possible5. Get killed6. On hindsight, shoulda left a will