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recent bookmarks from jmAlgorithmic art theft2019-12-04T12:54:32+00:00
https://twitter.com/Hannahdouken/status/1201853553050038273
jmfunny art theft bots twitter tee-shirtshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:994cdd32be42/Breaking open the MtGox case, part 12017-07-26T20:33:35+00:00
http://blog.wizsec.jp/2017/07/breaking-open-mtgox-1.html
jmEarlier today news broke of an arrest in Greece of a Russian national suspected of running a large-scale money laundering operation focused on Bitcoin. The man has since been publicly identified as Alexander Vinnik, 38, and over $4 billion USD is said to have been trafficked through the operation since 2011. We won't beat around the bush with it: Vinnik is [WizSec's] chief suspect for involvement in the MtGox theft (or the laundering of the proceeds thereof).
]]>mtgox theft bitcoin fraudhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:31e32586a7e6/Bike thief reveals tricks of the trade in this shockingly candid interview2016-05-19T13:59:21+00:00
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/bike-thief-reveals-tricks-trade-stunningly-candid-interview-225130#pmpWpSXZUvUy9bXV.01
jmA former bicycle thief has revealed the tricks of the trade in an interview, which clearly and shockingly shows the extent that thieves will go to in order to steal a bike. He talks about the motivations behind the theft, the tools used to crack locks and how the bikes were moved around and sold for a significant sum. He also gives tips on how to prevent your bike from being stolen.
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'Don’t be fooled by Kryptonite locks, they’re not as tough as made out to be. Also D-bars with tubular locks, never use them, they’re the most easy to pick with a little tool. It’s small and discreet, no noise and it looks like you are just unlocking your bike. With the bolt cutters we would go out on high performance motorbikes, two men on a bike.'
]]>bikes locks bike-locks security london theft lockpicking d-lockshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:60fe06280cb0/How To Implement Secure Bitcoin Vaults2016-02-26T15:26:25+00:00
http://hackingdistributed.com/2016/02/26/how-to-implement-secure-bitcoin-vaults/
jmAt the Bitcoin workshop in Barbados, Malte Möser will present our solution to the Bitcoin private key management problem. Specifically, our paper describes a way to create vaults, special accounts whose keys can be neutralized if they fall into the hands of attackers. Vaults are Bitcoin’s decentralized version of you calling your bank to report a stolen credit card -- it renders the attacker’s transactions null and void. And here’s the interesting part: in so doing, vaults demotivate key theft in the first place. An attacker who knows that he will not be able to get away with theft is less likely to attack in the first place, compared to current Bitcoin attackers who are guaranteed that their hacking efforts will be handsomely rewarded.
]]>private-keys vaults bitcoin security crypto thefthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:cf5922dd59cf/Gardai find 70 stolen bikes in one house being readied for export2015-12-16T13:44:06+00:00
http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/gardai-find-70-stolen-bikes-in-one-house-being-readied-for-export/
jmThe Limerick Leader quoted other unnamed gardai who said they believed those who had stolen the bikes were selling them to a third party for shipment abroad, most likely to another country in Europe. “It would seem that he has his own network on the Continent and has a lucrative market for the bikes he sends on,” said one of the sources quoted in the report. “Some of the racing bikes would fetch large sums of money on the Continent.”
Trucks were seen arriving and departing the house in Castletroy where the find was made. And while it was unclear exactly how gardai were informed of the suspicious activity, when a team of officers went to search the property they found the bikes in the back garden.
]]>bikes theft limerick crime bike-theft ireland castletroyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:fdb4a8f8e4ff/Three quarters of cars stolen in France 'electronically hacked' - Telegraph2015-11-12T12:35:53+00:00
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11964140/Three-quarters-of-cars-stolen-in-France-electronically-hacked.html
jmThe astonishing figures come two months after computer scientists in the UK warned that thousands of cars – including high-end brands such as Porsches and Maseratis - are at risk of electronic hacking. Their research was suppressed for two years by a court injunction for fear it would help thieves steal vehicles to order. The kit required to carry out such “mouse jacking”, as the French have coined the practice, can be freely purchased on the internet for around £700 and the theft of a range of models can be pulled off “within minutes,” motor experts warn.
]]>hacking security security-through-obscurity mouse-jacking cars safety theft crime france smart-carshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:00465e3b03bd/Dublin Bike Theft Survey Results2015-05-08T08:56:17+00:00
http://www.dublincycling.com/cycling/bike-theft-survey-results
jmdublin bikes cycling theft crime statistics infographics dcchttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:d3eead7d37e0/The missing MtGox bitcoins2015-04-20T12:41:35+00:00
http://blog.wizsec.jp/2015/04/the-missing-mtgox-bitcoins.html
jmMost or all of the missing bitcoins were stolen straight out of the MtGox hot wallet over time, beginning in late 2011. As a result, MtGox operated at fractional reserve for years (knowingly or not), and was practically depleted of bitcoins by 2013. A significant number of stolen bitcoins were deposited onto various exchanges, including MtGox itself, and probably sold for cash (which at the bitcoin prices of the day would have been substantially less than the hundreds of millions of dollars they were worth at the time of MtGox's collapse).
MtGox' bitcoins continuously went missing over time, but at a decreasing pace. Again by the middle of 2013, the curve goes more or less flat, matching the hypothesis that by that time there may not have been any more bitcoins left to lose. The rate of loss otherwise seems unusually smooth and at the same time not strictly relative to any readily available factors such as remaining BTC holdings, transaction volumes or the BTC price. Worth pointing out is that, thanks to having matched up most of the deposit/withdrawal log earlier, we can at this point at least rule out the possibility of any large-scale fake deposits — the bitcoins going into MtGox were real, meaning the discrepancy was likely rather caused by bitcoins leaving MtGox without going through valid withdrawals.
]]>mtgox bitcoin security fail currency theft crime btchttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:fb32e48878f0/How I Became A Minor Celebrity In China (After My Stolen Phone Ended Up There)2015-02-22T23:40:05+00:00
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/how-i-became-a-minor-celebrity-in-china-after-my#.ddJNWrpgO
jmviral theft phones iphone china stories weibohttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:764c1056022d/Call for co-ordinated plan to combat soaring bike theft | Dublin Cycling Campaign2014-11-06T09:56:06+00:00
http://www.dublincycling.ie/cycling/call-co-ordinated-plan-combat-soaring-bike-theft
jmBicycle theft in Ireland has doubled in Ireland since the introduction of the Bike to Work scheme in 2009. Almost 4,500 bicycle thefts[1] were reported in Dublin in 2013, but the actual number of bike thefts is likely to be in the region of 20,000 in 2013 according to Irish household surveys[2] and international experience[3,4]. The chances of a bike thief being caught is low, with a conviction rate of only 2%[5] or reported thefts. Approximately 230,000 bicycles are imported into Ireland each year[6]. “Bike theft is a low-risk, high-reward crime. If cars were being stolen at this rate there would be uproar.” Says Keith Byrne, Chairperson of the Dublin Cycling Campaign.
Fear of bicycle theft may discourage bicycle use and many bicycle theft victims do not buy a replacement [7,8]. “Many people give up on cycling after their bicycle is stolen and it discourages others from taking up cycling as the word about the high risk of theft spreads. We need a co-ordinated multi-agency plan to tackle bicycle theft if we are to reach the Government target of 10% of journeys by bicycle by 2020” says Keith Byrne.
Amen to that.]]>cycling theft stealing bikes dublin crime dcc bike-to-workhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:72baf4c5752f/The Best Bike Lock2013-10-02T12:59:24+00:00
http://thesweethome.com/reviews/best-bike-lock/
jmbike review locks cycling u-locks theft securityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:afbd408ce081/Street Cuffs: L.A. Sees Big Jump In Bike Thefts2013-07-22T09:34:54+00:00
http://masterlocks.snipershots.net/street-cuffs-l-a-sees-big-jump-in-bike-thefts/
jmSome [LA] bike messengers last month took justice into their own hands when they caught two suspected thieves, teenage boys who attended a local Catholic high school. According to police, the messengers stripped down the teens to their boxer shorts before taking their cellphones, backpacks and clothes.
“They meted out street justice. We don’t condone street justice. They never threatened them. But they made it clear: don’t mess with another person’s property,” Los Angeles Police Lt. Paul Vernon said. “This incident and the arrests are the tip of the iceberg when comes to people stealing bicycles.”
Vernon said the two boys told police they were robbed by about 20 men on bicycles at 6th Street and Grand Avenue about 3 p.m. on Jan. 12. Investigators said they cannot prove the boys were stealing bikes and continue to look for the assailants.
]]>cycling theft robbery bike-theft la crime vigilantes cycle-couriershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:8700f4c82b38/Spybike2013-07-17T16:02:41+00:00
http://www.integratedtrackers.com/GPSTrack/Spybike.jsp
jmspybike cycling theft gps trackinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:7780917083e8/What Happens to Stolen Bicycles?2012-08-31T22:06:06+00:00
http://blog.priceonomics.com/post/30393216796/what-happens-to-stolen-bicycles
jmvia:hn economics crime bikes theft goldman-sachshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:bfe2ffd41f01/The lessons I learnt from my iPhone mugging | Benjamin Cohen on Technology2012-05-04T12:58:16+00:00
http://blogs.channel4.com/benjamin-cohen-on-technology/the-lessons-i-learnt-from-my-iphone-mugging/3658
jmcrime iphone location london mugging phones security thefthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:24b9ef909cc6/MacRumors iPhone Blog: Undercover 1.5 Adds Push Notification Tool to iPhone Theft Recovery App2009-11-14T22:24:33+00:00
http://www.macrumors.com/iphone/2009/11/12/undercover-1-5-adds-push-notification-tool-to-iphone-theft-recovery-app/
jmiphone theft crime push-notifications undercoverhttps://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:514666608bf3/Track down your stolen laptop – Prey2009-10-19T22:00:59+00:00
http://preyproject.com/
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