Next generation crooks
One of my postings was titled old school was first choice at March 29. Some old school casino robbers captured more than 100,000 Swiss franc and Euro using sledgehammers and machine guns. One day later I wrote that next generation works even better: “Krebs on Security” reported about some online thieves which had taken a $205,000 bite out of a Missouri dental practice. Now there is the next pitiable case in the US. The small Village of Summit has lost $100,000 to computer crooks:
“As little as we are, $100,000 represents a good chunk of money, and it hurts,” said Judy Rivera, the town’s administrator. “We were already on a very lean budget, because the tax money just isn’t coming in.”*
“Krebs on Security” has made a little list for us: “Recently, crooks stole $100,000 from the New Jersey township of Egg Harbor; $130,000 from a public water utility in Arkansas; $378,000 from a New York town; $160,000 from a Florida public library; $500,000 from a New York middle school district; $415,000 from a Kentucky county (this is far from a comprehensive list).” This is how Next Generation looks like.
