Wednesday, September 08th, 2010
Busted for Impersonating a Government Official
Posted:Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Ooops. I mean, "busted for wire fraud and invasion of privacy". Same thing.
Albert Gonzalez (no, not THAT one, it's another one--the WRONG one) was busted for hacking into secure networks and pilfering private financial data (and for assisting others to accomplish this same objective). He is described as the perpetrator of the "largest credit card theft in US history."
Assistant US Atorney General Lanny Breuer almost kept a straight face while issuing the following statement, "The Department of Justice will not allow computer hackers to rob consumers of their privacy and erode the public's confidence in the security of the marketplace."
"Because no one gets to do that except us!" he did not say. He then went on to not say, "Impersonating the NSA, the CIA, and the Department of Defense is a serious crime. Only these organizations are allowed to strip you of your privacy, listen in on all your communications and use that information to further their own ends. The average citizen will get in a lot of trouble for doing that..."
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