Undercover cop answers Craigslist ad for a hacker

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans

Undercover cop answers Craigslist ad for a hacker

A US man from the state of Pennsylvania – who, evidently, doesn’t quite understand that police use computers and has never heard of Tor – is looking at 2 to 4 years in jail for trying to recruit a cybercriminal to erase his court records and wipe out $16,000 he owed in fines. He wanted those fines to go away. So Zachary J. Landis posted a listing on Craigslist …using his personal email and phone number, according to ABC27 news. What’s that noise? Do you hear it? I think it’s the sound of police laughing hysterically. Yes, Landis wound up trying to hire an undercover cop. According to a release from Lancaster County District Attorney (DA) Craig Stedman’s office, Derry Township police discovered the Craigslist ad. They shuffled it over to the DA’s office. Then, one of the DA’s detectives got in touch with Landis, posing as a cyber-genius who was up for the work. “Caveat emptor,” Landis must have been muttering to himself. Before shelling out for the job, Landis told the detective to erase a bit of that $16,000 – just to prove he could. The negotiations included Landis sending the supposed hacker three docket sheets – a pretty […]

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