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RE: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:34:11 -0500
sure, and I go out and shoot people in the head at 500 yards because I play Battlefield 2 and enjoy being a sniper.... Or all those tombs that have been raided, all due to video games... Oh, I guess it all goes back to Dungeons and Dragons.... Yup, we see an awful lot of people getting killed with swords in the past few decades World of Warcraft and Everquest 1/2 are three of the biggest online games as well... I play EQ2 quite a bit (more than I should really), and it really bothers me when there isn't an orc in my driveway for me to kill in the morning.... Maybe I should go over to the dunkin donuts instead? I'm sure lots of orc are there! Sorry... I'll never buy into the "video games are the reason for...." excuses. Especially in this case, do you know how many movies/books/etc about bank robbers tunneling into a vault there are? Tons of them.... The idea certainly isn't new.... Ok, I'm off my soapbox.... Sorry for the rant.... Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, MCSE, MCP+I Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Stephen J. Smoogen Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 4:19 PM Cc: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: Re: [funsec] Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions On 2/13/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
Fun for someone, somewhere. ;-) [snip] By Monte Reel Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, February 13, 2006; Page A22 BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 12 -- The hostage standoff was stretching into its seventh hour, with hundreds of police officers surrounding the bank. After negotiating a peculiar swap -- four hostages for some pizzas and sodas -- the captors inside seemed suspiciously quiet. So police stormed the building. They found the 19 remaining hostages safe and sound, but the captors had vanished. A hole in the basement wall was covered with an iron lid that had been bolted shut from the other side. Later, police discovered that the hole led to a secret tunnel, which hooked into a municipal drainage system that emptied into the La Plata River. It was a clean getaway.
This and other sucessful bank robberies can be linked to the City of Villians game. Kids who play these games learn how to correctly invade banks, stores, and other places.. when in the past they had to follow the masterminds rule-book which always meant police had the advantage. Sigh.. -- Stephen J Smoogen. CSIRT/Linux System Administrator _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Fergie (Feb 13)
- Re: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Stephen J. Smoogen (Feb 13)
- Re: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 13)
- Re: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Dude VanWinkle (Feb 13)
- RE: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Gary Funck (Feb 13)
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- RE: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Blanchard_Michael (Feb 13)
- Re: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Stephen J. Smoogen (Feb 13)
- Re: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Dude VanWinkle (Feb 13)
- RE: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Drsolly (Feb 13)
- RE: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Blanchard_Michael (Feb 13)
- RE: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Blanchard_Michael (Feb 13)
- Re: Bank Robbers Tunnel Their Way to Millions Stephen J. Smoogen (Feb 13)