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              | Date: 2000-10-29 
 
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 Wenn man die Rechner der "Hacker" ausforsche, finde man
 oft gleich daneben automatische Waffen, immer mehr
 organisierte Kriminelle ließen sich VPNs bauen, und die
 dümmsten Hacker machten dies auch noch gratis & bli & bla
 
 post/scrypt: Dass dieser Cybercop im ehemaligen
 Gestapo/hauptquartier von Den Haag hockt, wird auf eine
 letzte Spur in dieser Welt noch vorhandener Gerechtigkeit
 zurückgeführt.
 
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 relayed by
 <gohnesorge@lh-computertechnik.de>
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 THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 26  Hunched over a
 computer inside a building that once served as Gestapo
 headquarters, Paulo Felix hunts down clues that he hopes
 will lead him to Europes most hardened criminals. Though
 Europol does not officially investigate cybercrimes, Felix is
 the crime fighting agencys resident expert. The
 cybercriminals he pursues are hardly blue-haired, teen-aged
 hackers or Web pranksters. Felix puts it this way: Along
 with their computers, they also have guns.
 
 
 
 A MEMBER the Intelligence Analysis Department at
 Europol
 Felix says he almost failed out of law school 10 years ago
 because he was so busy teaching himself how to program.
 He now gives seminars on cybercrime for companies and
 government agencies all over the world; on Thursday, his
 Europol ID dangled from his neck, attached to an FBI
 Academy badge necklace. Europol's headquarters in The
 Hague, now the center of cybercrime investigation across the
 Continent, served as headquarters for the Gestapo during
 World War II.
 
 ..
 More and more frequently, when local police raid a location
 where hackers are suspected of operating, weapons are
 found near their computers, Felix said. And were not talking
 about 9 milimeter pistols. Were talking about automatic
 weapons.
 ...
 Take a drug dealer. He is looking for ways to expand his
 market, improve his distribution. He can use the Internet for
 that, Felix said. And criminals are increasingly recruiting
 young computer hackers. Say you want to create a secure,
 private network to talk about drug deals. And you dont know
 how to do that. So what do you do? he said. Felix said
 many hackers have been approached by seemingly
 legitimate businessmen with requests to build private
 networks that offer secure, encrypted communication.
 Sometimes they are paid with computer equipment;
 sometimes they dont even have to be paid. They tell them,
 You know, the government is all over everything, its not
 right. Help us keep the government away. And the hacker
 thinks, This is an interesting problem, and starts to do it,
 Felix said. Many never realized theyve been tricked, and are
 oblivious to the potential dangers.
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 Cybercrime is a thorny topic to pin down. Investigators cant
 talk about specific cases. Companies dont talk about it at
 all. That leaves the computer underground  an anonymous
 world  rife with rumors and exaggerations.
 
 Felix refused to offer details on most of his investigations, but
 he did relay a story about a Portugese bank which lost
 millions of dollars through a scheme implemented by one of
 its own system administrators several years ago.
 ...
 
 Mehr davon
 <http://www.msnbc.com/news/481681.asp?cp1=1>
 
 
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 published on: 2000-10-29
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