Latvian "Robin Hood" Hacker Leaks Bank Details 170
eldavojohn writes "Move over Russell Crowe, an anonymous hacker in Latvia is being hailed as a real life modern Robin Hood. The hacker refers to himself as 'Neo,' claims allegiance with the Fourth Awakening People's Army, and is outing banks that are capitalizing off of the horrible economic status Latvia is currently suffering from. No word on how he is acquiring the information but it is slowly being leaked to TV sources via Twitter and the common people love him. The hacker is thought to be based in Britain but a TV reporter pointed out the fine line Neo is walking, 'On the one hand of course he has stolen confidential data ... and he actually has committed a crime. But at the same time there is value for the public in the sense that now a lot of information gets disclosed and the whole system maybe becomes a little more transparent.' An example of a juicy tidbit he revealed is that managers of a Latvian bank did not take the salary cuts they promised they would after the government bailed them out of economic trouble. You can imagine that taxpayers were upset and thankful they knew this information."
Latvia explained in pictures and comments (Score:5, Funny)
Million Reasons Why Latvia Is The Best Country In The World [miljons.com]
Be warned, you'll lose productivity for rest of the day.
ahh (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Some sympathy some not so (Score:5, Funny)
How dare you openly endorse such uncivil class warfare! It is everyone's obligation to understand that bankers are simply special. It would be an insult to apply rules made for common men to them.
Robin the Hood... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:STOP THE PRESSES! (Score:3, Funny)
Every country has banks. The real news is that they have Internet ! :)
How about here in the states? (Score:3, Funny)
I'd like to see someone give out information on the financial businesses that received bailout funds, but rather than just hearing about executives at bankrupt companies getting paid millions in bonuses, how about we just be told their bank account numbers, routing numbers, and other personal information so we can bail ourselves out of their mess?
I find it hard to take seriously a group called... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:ahh (Score:5, Funny)
i saw a guy walking down the street just today - in a long black coat wearing sunglasses talking on his nokia. i thought "i bet that guys a leet hacker" probably him. he was scowling.
You're wrong. The person you saw:
If this was a real hacker, he was disguised as a n00b.
Re:Some sympathy some not so (Score:5, Funny)
A "crime" is not necessarily "bad".
But a conviction still puts you behind bars.
Neo?? (Score:2, Funny)
How has this not been tagged "thematrix" yet?
Re:Some sympathy some not so (Score:3, Funny)
Because Latvia is part of the EU, and wants to impress it's (relatively) new friends.
Then they should legalize marijuana because all the cool countries are doing it.