Re: Gang Kidnaps Gamer to Get Password Using Fake Orkut Date

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:02:16 +0000 (GMT)
From:                   Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net>

> An armed gang of four kidnapped one of the world's top RPG gamers after one
> criminal's girlfriend lured him into a fake date using Orkut, Google's social
> network. After sequestering him in Sao Paulo, they held a gun against the
> victim's head for five hours to get his password, which they wanted to sell for
> $8,000. 

Amateurs.  Forget the gun: you keep him sequestered for 36 hours with no access 
to games or the net.  After that you give him access to a machine with a 
keylogger installed.  He'll be so game-deprived that he won't care.

Interesting story indeed.  I've been noting, in recent presentations on "crimeware" 
(yes, sorry, I know, but if I don't go along with the bafflegab I don't get a chance 
to make the points about security ...)  that gaming forms part of the "malware 
economy" used not only for things of value but also for laundering money ...

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