Re: Mastercard problems

It was a quick arrest wasn't it? ----- Original Message ----- From:Michael Smith <msmith@internap.com> To:andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com> Cc: Sent:Thursday, 9 December 2010, 21:49:16 Subject:RE: Mastercard problems 1 down, 3896 to go... :) -----Original Message----- From: andrew.wallace [mailto:andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 4:44 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Mastercard problems Dutch authorities have arrested a 16-year old "hacker" in connection with Mastercard. http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20025215-281.html Andrew

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.
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
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