[81379] in Cypherpunks
Re: Steak Knife Decryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Lane)
Sat Jun 7 10:49:41 1997
From: nexus@eskimo.com (Brian Lane)
To: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home), cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 14:22:10 GMT
In-Reply-To: <199706070544.AAA00172@manifold.algebra.com>
Reply-To: nexus@eskimo.com (Brian Lane)
On Sat, 7 Jun 1997 00:44:15 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
>Mike Duvos wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>> An interesting twist on rubber hose decryption in the case of the
>> murder of Jonathan Levin, son of the top executive of media
>> giant Time Warner.
>>=20
>> Police believe his ATM card was stolen, and he was then jabbed
>> with a steak knife until he revealed the PIN.
>
>This brings up a question. Did these robbers kill him right after
>they found out the answer, or they first tried to withdraw money
>to check if his number was right?
Yes, this is apparently how it happened. The robber tortured him for
the PIN, used the card to get $800 from a machine and then returned to
stab and shoot him. Apparently the murderer is one of his students (he
was a teacher in NY I believe). This happened after Levin asked the
class to write their biographies and revealed who his father was.
>
>This brings up a question on the strategy in this game.
I don't think there is any strategy in being robbed, only survuval.
Levin commited a grave mistake. Revealing his background to his class
was a very stupid move.
Brian
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