 Easy Money for Hackers |
 Sep 15 2005, 09:09 PM
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As a hacker, someone could pick a random guy off the street, hack his commlink, and use the wealth of ID info to withdraw from his bank account. To do so safely and successfully, the money would be transferred to a credstick, instead of another account, and then all traces of the hack removed.
Now, unless there's some flaw I've missed (please point them out if you find any) this is a relatively quick and moderately reliable way to get some easy money. Clearly, in game, if anyone was to use this technique more than a few times bad things would start to happen. But once or twice, for when you REALLY need the cash, it could pay off. Of course, if you can do it, so can other hackers. So as a safeguard, keep most of your hard earned cash on credsticks or accounts more secure than normal. Also, as I am nowhere near as immersed in SR lore compared to most of the users here, is there a bank that (like a swiss bank) is anonymous and grants "one time" accounts, for money transfers/laundering? |
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Aeros Easy Money for Hackers Sep 15 2005, 09:09 PM
Kagetenshi QUOTE (Aeros) Clearly, in game, if anyone was to u... Sep 15 2005, 09:10 PM Aeros Well, the random people would start to have 20 cre... Sep 15 2005, 09:12 PM Superbum QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Like what?
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Like his evi... Sep 15 2005, 09:18 PM Aeros QUOTE (Superbum)
Like his evil GM reading this th... Sep 15 2005, 09:19 PM Superbum QUOTE As a hacker, someone could pick a random guy... Sep 15 2005, 09:25 PM Lebo77 Well, I would guess that for any large transaction... Sep 15 2005, 09:29 PM Dashifen I'd say that this would be something that the ... Sep 15 2005, 09:32 PM Dashifen Teach me to write a longer post than Lebo Sep 15 2005, 09:32 PM chevalier_neon This is my area of expertise, and I can tell you t... Sep 15 2005, 09:36 PM Magnus Jakobsson QUOTE (Aeros)As a hacker, someone could pick a ran... Sep 15 2005, 10:32 PM mintcar How would you prevent confirmation of the purchase... Sep 15 2005, 11:06 PM Rotbart van Dainig You could just spoof the Display... Sep 15 2005, 11:09 PM hobgoblin this is similar to doing credit card fraud today. ... Sep 16 2005, 02:06 AM Aeros Thank you for all the constructive replies. That ... Sep 16 2005, 02:07 AM Aku Actually, Hobgoblin, there is a second line of def... Sep 16 2005, 02:26 AM hobgoblin glad to hear that aku. still, some joker could mak... Sep 16 2005, 02:49 AM Fortune QUOTE (hobgoblin) glad to hear that aku. still, so... Sep 16 2005, 06:10 AM hobgoblin no comment Sep 16 2005, 06:11 AM Houseofbluelights There are a few steps to stealing a pedestrian... Sep 16 2005, 06:25 AM Aeros Without the book to double check, the impression I... Sep 16 2005, 07:45 AM nick012000 No, no, no. What you do is get a contact in the Ma... Sep 16 2005, 08:30 AM
Mightyflapjack Simple explaination why this would not work:
1) C... Sep 16 2005, 01:29 PM  |
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