[133483] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Mastercard problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Perry)
Fri Dec 10 06:54:53 2010
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:53:11 +0000
To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Roland Perry <lists@internetpolicyagency.com>
In-Reply-To: <476364.37472.qm@web59605.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>
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In article <476364.37472.qm@web59605.mail.ac4.yahoo.com>, andrew.wallace
<andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com> writes
>>Dutch authorities have arrested a 16-year old "hacker" in connection
>>with
Mastercard.
>>
>>http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20025215-281.html
>It was a quick arrest wasn't it?
Dutch authorities have a slight advantage because ISPs have to send them
subscriber details every night. So (within the limitations of specific
anonymising techniques by users) they 'know where everyone lives'.
--
Roland Perry
