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- Just a few tidbits...
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- "Smak" got his ass wiped by the feds.
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- Carlos Felipe Salgado, aka "Smak", did knowingly (no shit) and with intent to defraud, access a
- protected computer affecting interstate commerce without authorization, and by means of such
- conduct, did further the intended fraud and did obtain something of value, to wit, valid credit card
- numbers; in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1030 (a) (4).
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- Good ole Smak managed to pull out 100,000 valid credit card numbers. What did you think he
- did with them? Probably bought tons of shit and had a great time. Wrong. All that poor bastard
- Smak got was $1000 as a result of the heist.
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- Hey Smak, who brought you in? Actually it was Special Agent Callen Dalrymple of the FBI.
- Callen works for CITA squad, the newly created Computer Intrusion Threat Assessment Squad.
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- Basically, here is the down and dirty:
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- While performing routine maintenance on the Internet servers on Friday, March 28, 1997,
- technicians discovered that an intruder had broken into the servers. Investigation by technicians
- revealed a "packet sniffer" installed on the system. The packet sniffer program was being used to
- capture user ID's and passwords of authorized users. The technicians then discovered that the
- intruder was still logged on to the system. As the technicians backed-up affected files, the
- intruder was deleting files and covering his tracks on the server. To stop the attack, the server
- was removed from the Internet connection and the technicians built another server to replace the
- hacked server.
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- To make a long story short, Smak got on IRC with another dude on the same server and started
- bragging about the amount of credit card numbers that he had stolen. The FBI zeroed in to the
- conversations and was able to trace Smak's user ID user account and port address. <Smak,
- you're starting to really fuck up now> The two misfits started sending encrypted email to each
- other which the FBI was reading.
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- One of Smak's emails wrote:
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- "There may be a delay in our business together of a day or so. It's not necessarily a bad
- thing. Let me explain. This morning I[sic] was reading a business magazine article about online
- transactions on the Internet and a particular niche in services. A couple companies were
- mentioned that generated SEVERAL MILLION dollars in CC [credit card] transactions a week!
- I decided to go exploring and got into their sites. The article was right! However, i[sic] need to
- explore the sites for a a [sic] little while to establish firm control and locate machine extractable
- data. I think that it is worth it. -Smak"
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- Guess what Smak....This "friend" of yours is actually working with the FBI. So, Smak makes a
- deal with his new "friend" to sell him 710 credit card numbers for $710. After the FBI was
- convinced that Smak had the real shit, they arrested his ass.
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- The provisions of Smak's bail was:
- 1. Whatever computer equipment is in his parent's house had to be removed immediately.
- 2. Smak was to have no access to computer terminals.
- 3. Smak must reside with his parents.
- 4. The goons could search his place at any time.
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- So, Smak, was it worth it?
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- Smak got:
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- 15 years in custody
- $500,000 fine
- 6 years supervised release
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- Good job Smak. (not!) Don't fuckin brag to anyone what you do, if you're not damn sure who
- they are!
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