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EARTHDATE: April 24, 2011

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REAL LIFE NEWS: DUMB CRIMINAL BOASTS ON TV, GETS ARRESTED

by Hazed

It's not just British burglars that get caught by being idiots. A French hacker recently found himself apprehended after he boasted of his exploits on national television.

The hacker, known only as Carl, appeared on a programme called Complément d'enquête (Further Investigation) and demonstrated how he had hacked into the French Army's network, as well as that of the information security group Thales.

Somebody from Thales must have been watching the show because they complained to the police, who arrested Carl six days later. The investigating officers reportedly recovered credit card and bank account data from his computer.

The producers of the TV show have said they didn't help the police to track down Carl and only knew he had been arrested when the story was covered by news reporters.

Seriously, what did he think would happen, when he boasted on TV that he had committed a criminal act? Talk about making it easy for the cops!

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/14/french_tv_hacker_arrested/


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