On-line bet-site extortion

[BillW]

Below is a link to an article that describes bringing down extortionists hitting on-line betting sites. The article is long and of no interest to most. Some here who run on-line businesses may find it enlightening. The network guys may find it a bit more interesting.

http://www.csoonline.com/read/050105/extortion.html


Bill

[Hosshead]

Thanks for the link Bill. It took awhile but I read the whole thing. Very interesting (real) story. What a "kid" !!

[highnote]

Definately worth a read. Something to think about next time you do online banking.

[Red Knave]

Good one.
Thanks Bill.

[BillW]

BTW - a relevant horse racing tie-in - betcris.com, the subject of this story is the company that bought billboard space on PVal's pants.

Bill

[superfecta]

Thank goodness for altruism and the will to defeat evil at any cost.the company could have coughed up 40 k a year to the blackmailers ,but now they fork over 50 k to a software protection company.Wonder if this has ever been tried or is going on at wall street brokerage houses and we just don't hear about it.

[highnote]

Originally Posted by superfecta

Thank goodness for altruism and the will to defeat evil at any cost.the company could have coughed up 40 k a year to the blackmailers ,but now they fork over 50 k to a software protection company.Wonder if this has ever been tried or is going on at wall street brokerage houses and we just don't hear about it.

I would think that if extortionists started hitting our financial institutions the gov would look into this big time.