Explore the lucrative world of online theft through hacker diaries and junk-mail hoax reports. If you've been targeted by credit card fraud, use resources like Card Cops to share your experience and find support.
Read how Ovid tracked down and caught identity thieves after they charged thousands to his credit cards. The story highlights the careless mistakes made by the criminals and the luck involved in their arrest.
I recommend Paul Graham’s essay on the qualities of exceptional programmers. It examines why great hackers prioritize technical challenges over money, the benefits of hiring based on language choice, and how technical founders create better engineering cultures.
Review historical reports on significant hacking incidents, including the high-profile theft of credit card information from prominent figures such as Bill Gates, George Soros, and Yoshiro Mori.
I found an intriguing card trick that uses the Kruskal Count. This mathematical principle allows different starting positions in a shuffled deck to eventually converge on the same final card through a simple counting procedure.
I found a case where a man successfully cashed a promotional junk mail cheque for $95,000 using an ATM. This 1995 experiment exposed significant vulnerabilities in automated banking systems and oversight regarding non-standard financial documents.