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News story from this weekend

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  • 13-06-2011 1:22pm
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    Darragh
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    Hi folks

    There was a story in this weekend's Sunday Times regarding our favourite incident of 2010.

    The story itself is behind a paywall but courtesy of this story on TJMcintyre.com I can share some of it:
    Gardai from the force's computer crimes unit quickly traced the hacker to Latvia but it is only in recent weeks that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ordered the suspect to be extradited. The DPP has directed that there is enough evidence to secure a conviction...

    Legal sources said it may be possible for the boards.ie suspect to be charged with theft or fraud: some of the passwords obtained in the hack appear to have been used to steal money from people's Paypal accounts... The hacker is suspected of downloading a number of databases to order.

    Please note, this is to do with last year's events (January 21, 2010) - for context, please see this Feedback thread or news article.

    Because this is an active court case we wont be commenting on anything beyond what's reported already but just thought you should know that it is something we pursued - the data/personal information of our members is *very* important to us - and if there's any questions you have that we can actually answer, please stick them below.


    Cheers

    Darragh
    Post edited by Shield on


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    _blank_
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    some of the passwords obtained in the hack appear to have been used to steal money from people's Paypal accounts

    :eek:

    I didn't know that.

    Kudos to all involved for getting this as far as it seems to have come.

    I wonder will Latvia extradite.


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    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Des wrote: »
    Kudos to all involved for getting this as far as it seems to have come.
    +1000

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users Posts: 10,245 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    That's encouraging news. Well done to all involved (excluding the hacker, of course).


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    Tallon
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    Des wrote: »
    :eek:

    I didn't know that.

    .

    I didn't either, was this ever communicated to users?


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    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    Tallon wrote: »
    I didn't either, was this ever communicated to users?

    The article may or may not be 100% accurate. Paper doesn't refuse ink and all that...


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    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    RT66 wrote: »
    The article may or may not be 100% accurate. Paper doesn't refuse ink and all that...
    Darragh wrote:
    and if there's any questions you have that we can actually answer, please stick them below.

    ...


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    Darragh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Darragh


    *sigh* Tallon, *sigh*

    I can't comment on it, except to say that what's above.


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    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Darragh wrote: »
    *sigh* Tallon, *sigh*

    I can't comment on it, except to say that what's above.

    You should buy his jacket and burn it. It'll make you feel better :)

    http://www.adverts.ie/coats-jackets/tallon-s-jacket/626170


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    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    Onkle wrote: »
    You should buy his jacket and burn it. It'll make you feel better :)

    http://www.adverts.ie/coats-jackets/tallon-s-jacket/626170

    Offer a euro. Will you throw in the matches or do I buy my own.


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    That_Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Silverfish wrote: »
    Offer a euro. Will you throw in the matches or do I buy my own.

    You could always ask the user who bought Bubbles' CD Burner if they could borrow the lighter for a while. :pac:


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    #12
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Des wrote: »
    :eek:

    I didn't know that.

    Kudos to all involved for getting this as far as it seems to have come.

    I wonder will Latvia extradite.

    Every member was sent a PM iirc to change their paypal passwords and their Boards.ie passwords at the time.

    Well done to all involved in catching him and thanks to Darragh for letting us know.


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    Hal Emmerich
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭Hal Emmerich


    Feedback Thread.

    Two links to TJMcintyre.com in OPs post.


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    #14
    Dymo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Dymo


    Was the hole ever discovered that caused the breech?.


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    Conor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Conor


    Dymo wrote: »
    Was the hole ever discovered that caused the breech?.

    Yes.


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    Fanny Cradock
    Registered Users Posts: 10,245 ✭✭✭✭Fanny Cradock


    Did you seal it with a non-shrink joint compound? I find Pollyfilla to be the most reliable out there.


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