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Kimble appeared on the NSA radar back in 1994. He was allegedly part of a global conspiracy trading in calling cards stolen from AT&T. They were stolen by an in
by junto 13y ago
Kimble appeared on the NSA radar back in 1994. He was allegedly part of a global conspiracy trading in calling cards stolen from AT&T. They were stolen by an insider and cost AT&T an estimated $20 million if memory serves me right.
This was back in the day, just after many countries made the switch from analogue to digital telephony and blue boxing was no longer viable. BBS access (I.e. pre-Internet) was therefore harder to get for free. Hacking int. PBXes with 0800 numbers and calling cards were the next best thing at the time (allegedly :-] )
Due to the nature of the crimes the case fell under the jurisdiction of the US Secret Service. Kimble has been on their hit-list ever since. The guy is like a soap bar to the US security apparatus. They are dying to get their greasy mitts on him. Every time they get close he slips out of reach.
- kimble 13y ago> And cost AT&T an estimated $20 million... $17.5 million. Do we know each other?
- junto 13y agoAccount 46 days old. I assume you're a troll, so probably not, no.
- malandrew 13y agoWhy does the Secret Service have jurisdiction over those types of crimes?
- zevyoura 13y agoThe Secret Service has two responsibilities: protection (e.g. of the president) and preventing/investigating financial crimes.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoAt least they get one job right.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoAlmost all of the time.
- betterunix 13y agoThe Secret Service does more than protect the president; their primary purpose is to combat counterfeiting. The morons who run this country figured that computer crimes were closer to counterfeiting money than to any other crimes, and so the Secret Service got in on the action.
- kimble 13y agoWire fraud.
- hansjorg 13y agoAn interesting apropos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_Games,_Inc._v._United_States_Secret_Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_Games,_Inc._v._Un...