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I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI 72

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 30, 2007 @01:57PM from the well-not-me-the-guy-who-wrote-the-article dept.

Hoi Polloi writes "Wired News has a series starting on internet crime. The first piece they have up covers the story of a cybercrook who specialized in credit card fraud. Caught in a sting operation in November of 2002, the man who identified himself as 'El Mariachi' on message boards would lead a double life for the next two years working for the FBI. As he reported on credit card scammers, dodged his former associates, and stopped criminals from defrauding the 2004 presidential campaign, he also tried to keep his life together. A fascinating tale that looks at the face of modern crime, and crime-stopping techniques."

Submission + - Microsoft's BSOD screensaver

Submitted by

jackstack

on Tuesday January 30, 2007 @12:46PM

jackstack writes: "Looks like the folks in Redmonds really do have a good sense of humor: BSOD screensaver from Microsoft"

Submission + - Stonehenge was a Neolithic Party Site

Submitted by MollyB on Tuesday January 30, 2007 @12:16PM

MollyB writes: There is a story on the BBC site that announces the discovery of archaeological evidence that Stonehenge was the "first free festival" and was constructed as such: "This is where they went to party — you could say it was the first free festival"
Mike Parker Pearson, Sheffield University

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