Comments on: 3 teens behind internet crime forum Gh0stMarket get jail http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 20:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042981 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042981 "I'm a skinny White dude... I won't make it. Somebody, some night takes a pipe from under the bed to my face -- not to hurt me, but to break all my teeth out, so I can give 'em head all night without biting their dick off... "I'll be a 28 year old punked-out ex-con with government issued dentures..." Quote Ed Norton in 25th Hour. O.k., they'll be 23-24.And hopefully the UK Gaols are more merciful. “I’m a skinny White dude… I won’t make it. Somebody, some night takes a pipe from under the bed to my face — not to hurt me, but to break all my teeth out, so I can give ‘em head all night without biting their dick off… “I’ll be a 28 year old punked-out ex-con with government issued dentures…” Quote Ed Norton in 25th Hour. O.k., they’ll be 23-24.And hopefully the UK Gaols are more merciful.

]]> By: pAULbOWEN http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042770 pAULbOWEN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042770 30 months (assuming 50% off for good behaviour) seems rather lenient for 26 big ones and a death threat but since cheating and theft are endemic to their class, they're probably wondering what on earth all the fuss is about. 30 months (assuming 50% off for good behaviour) seems rather lenient for 26 big ones and a death threat but since cheating and theft are endemic to their class, they’re probably wondering what on earth all the fuss is about.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1043056 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043056 I've known people who went to exclusive private schools here in the US. Several of them described them as holding tanks for the children of wealthy parents that didn't want to deal with them. They also mentioned majoring in 'drugs' and 'petty theft'. I’ve known people who went to exclusive private schools here in the US. Several of them described them as holding tanks for the children of wealthy parents that didn’t want to deal with them. They also mentioned majoring in ‘drugs’ and ‘petty theft’.

]]> By: jungletek http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1043325 jungletek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043325 These guys were ever-so-slightly clever, but mostly cocky and lazy. Lord knows if I'm behind some sort of venture such as this that EVERYTHING is encrypted, VPN's, proxies, etc. Threatening the police was fucking dumb. You either attack them or don't, but for fuck's sake, don't give them a heads-up. They surely wouldn't give you the same courtesy. These guys were ever-so-slightly clever, but mostly cocky and lazy.

Lord knows if I’m behind some sort of venture such as this that EVERYTHING is encrypted, VPN’s, proxies, etc.

Threatening the police was fucking dumb. You either attack them or don’t, but for fuck’s sake, don’t give them a heads-up. They surely wouldn’t give you the same courtesy.

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]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042820 Nadreck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042820 But the article quote says <i><b>public</b>-school-educated Webber</i> so it's not as classist as you claim. But the article quote says public-school-educated Webber so it’s not as classist as you claim.

]]> By: fergus1948 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042610 fergus1948 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042610 Judging by the photo he's a bit of a Tony Castrato. Judging by the photo he’s a bit of a Tony Castrato.

]]> By: Stooge http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042870 Stooge Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042870 Nadreck, in the UK a public school is actually a private school and what you understand to be a public school is called a state school. Don't ask. Nadreck, in the UK a public school is actually a private school and what you understand to be a public school is called a state school.

Don’t ask.

]]> By: fergus1948 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042616 fergus1948 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042616 I should have added that having worked most of my life with young 'working-class' people frequently in trouble with the law, I was particularly struck by the detail that these privately educated young men were using an offshore bank account in Costa Rica to process funds from the frauds. Inequalities in the British class system never cease to amaze me. However, maybe upon release they can be rehabilitated by working in the Treasury or, more likely, among the pig-troughers in the financial institutions of the City. I should have added that having worked most of my life with young ‘working-class’ people frequently in trouble with the law, I was particularly struck by the detail that these privately educated young men were using an offshore bank account in Costa Rica to process funds from the frauds.

Inequalities in the British class system never cease to amaze me. However, maybe upon release they can be rehabilitated by working in the Treasury or, more likely, among the pig-troughers in the financial institutions of the City.

]]> By: wobinidan http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042618 wobinidan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042618 Anyone else find it a little weird that the banks we trust to keep our money safe can't even protect us from a few teenagers? Anyone else find it a little weird that the banks we trust to keep our money safe can’t even protect us from a few teenagers?

]]> By: seachange http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042619 seachange Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042619 This would make a <i>way</i> better movie than the Social Network. This would make a way better movie than the Social Network.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042636 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042636 No, wob, they have no longer have any interest in doing so. Their profits are not compromised by your losses. Sucks to be you, eh? Incidentally, in Old Blighty, "public school" means the same thing that "private school" means in Yankeeland. No, wob, they have no longer have any interest in doing so. Their profits are not compromised by your losses. Sucks to be you, eh?

Incidentally, in Old Blighty, “public school” means the same thing that “private school” means in Yankeeland.

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042639 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042639 So they aided in the ripping off of a piddly 26 mil. Big Whoop. Wall street has ripped off closer to 26 trill and no one gives a toss. So they aided in the ripping off of a piddly 26 mil. Big Whoop.
Wall street has ripped off closer to 26 trill and no one gives a toss.

]]> By: DrPretto http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042645 DrPretto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042645 Yes, but those teens are very intelligent hackers, I think they should be punished because they broke the law, but jailing maybe is not the better way, I think they should enter a social rehabilitation program, with community hours, and supervised by some tutor. Once they are rehabilited, they should be given the opportunity to work honestly with a paid job, to help make better anti-hacking systems. Just my opinion, sometimes when people get jailed, they learn from other high level criminals, in this case the cure is worse than the disease. Yes, but those teens are very intelligent hackers, I think they should be punished because they broke the law, but jailing maybe is not the better way, I think they should enter a social rehabilitation program, with community hours, and supervised by some tutor. Once they are rehabilited, they should be given the opportunity to work honestly with a paid job, to help make better anti-hacking systems. Just my opinion, sometimes when people get jailed, they learn from other high level criminals, in this case the cure is worse than the disease.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1043162 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043162 white collar crime, white collar time. looks like that expensive education wasn't wasted on them. white collar crime, white collar time. looks like that expensive education wasn’t wasted on them.

]]> By: soongtype http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042655 soongtype Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042655 So in a few years they get out and can become successful computer security experts. So in a few years they get out and can become successful computer security experts.

]]> By: djinni http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042660 djinni Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042660 They should come to the US. Here they would be regarded as politicians. They should come to the US. Here they would be regarded as politicians.

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1043443 teapot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043443 I went to one of these schools. My friends in the public school system (i.e. government-funded) were 100 times more honest and theft of personal property was almost unheard of. It was rife in my school. A couple of kids who got busted selling drugs in their previous school got sent to my school by their parents to put them on the "straight and narrow". All it did was give them a bigger and more affluent customer-base. There was kids stealing science equipment because the local dealer would trade pyrex glassware for drugs. I got a decent education, but <i>man</i> private school was fucked up. Anyway, +1 on this making a better movie than The Social Network. How were they stupid enough not to think they would be caught at Gatwick?? Surely it would be better to try and slip in via a seaport in Scotland or Wales? I went to one of these schools. My friends in the public school system (i.e. government-funded) were 100 times more honest and theft of personal property was almost unheard of. It was rife in my school.

A couple of kids who got busted selling drugs in their previous school got sent to my school by their parents to put them on the “straight and narrow”. All it did was give them a bigger and more affluent customer-base. There was kids stealing science equipment because the local dealer would trade pyrex glassware for drugs.

I got a decent education, but man private school was fucked up.

Anyway, +1 on this making a better movie than The Social Network. How were they stupid enough not to think they would be caught at Gatwick?? Surely it would be better to try and slip in via a seaport in Scotland or Wales?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042679 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042679 "Threatening to blow up the head of the police unit in charge of internet crimes after an earlier arrest was probably an unwise move" Why would threatening to blow up a toilet be unwise? “Threatening to blow up the head of the police unit in charge of internet crimes after an earlier arrest was probably an unwise move”

Why would threatening to blow up a toilet be unwise?

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042681 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042681 No morals, parasitic, and proud of it? Yep, that's the son of a politician. No morals, parasitic, and proud of it? Yep, that’s the son of a politician.

]]> By: DoctressJulia http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1043193 DoctressJulia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043193 I GIVE A TOSS. What good does that do...? None. But, I do. I GIVE A TOSS. What good does that do…? None. But, I do.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/03/3-teens-behind-inter.html#comment-1042685 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042685 social rehab with community hours and a tutor. that sounds like a huge pain in the ass that probably wouldn't result in anything practical. social rehab with community hours and a tutor. that sounds like a huge pain in the ass that probably wouldn’t result in anything practical.

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