Romanian Ransomware Suspect Pleads Guilty To Hacking CCTVs in Washington DC (theregister.co.uk) 25
gosand writes: The Register reports that "a Romanian woman has admitted running a ransomware operation from infected Washington DC's CCTV systems just days before President Trump was sworn into office in the US capital." The US DOJ stated that "this case was of the highest priority due to its impact on the Secret Service's protective mission and its potential effect on the security plan for the 2017 Presidential Inauguration." She could face a maximum of 25 years if convicted. She and her cohort (who is still jailed in Romania) made the classic hacker mistake of using their personal gmail accounts for the campaign, even accessing them from one of the compromised PCs.
Thanks for the tip (Score:4, Funny)
"made the classic hacker mistake of using their personal gmail accounts for the campaign, even accessing them from one of the compromised PCs."
I mean if you wanted to shift blame to someone, you'd never think of doing this.
I don't think "CCTV" means what people think (Score:1)
Just about every TV show/movie now has people easily hacking "CCTV" systems remotely.
Those, by definition, cannot be CCTV. Closed circuit means not accessible outside, by definition...
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Like Xerox and Kleenex, CCTV in the common mind has become a synonym for 'Video Surveillance Camera'.
Did you forget what the T stands for? TELE (Score:2)
"Tele" means remotely. That's the T in CCTV.
The difference between closed television and broadcast television is that it's not broadcast indiscriminately to everyone; to see it one must affirmatively connect.
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The closed circuit is between the camera and the storage: i.e. it not a broadcast. It does not mean that the storage is air-gapped and cannot be accessed remotely.
I *would* hire him! (Score:1)
If anyone needs a chance to get his life back together, it's the guy who is so desperatr, to rob somebody, and so confused to do this.
I would drop all charges, if pressed at all, and hire him, for something really simpleand small, just so he can feed himself and have a home. But offer him the ability to learn whatever he wants to learn wrt to professions at our company, exchange for more money as a reward for bringing us higher advantages.
Yes, he'd be a messed-up individual. But I think every person is wort
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