Carbon Trading Halted After EU Exchange Is Hacked 228
chicksdaddy writes "The European Commission (EC) suspended trading in carbon credits on Wednesday after unknown hackers compromised the accounts of Czech traders and siphoned off around $38 million, Threatpost reports. EU countries including Estonia, Austria, The Czech Republic, Poland and France began closing their carbon trading registries yesterday after learning that carbon allowances had been siphoned from the account of the Czech based register. A notice posted on the Web site of the Czech based registry said that it was 'not accessible for technical reasons' on Thursday and the EC issued an order to cease spot trading until January 26 so that it can sort out what appears to be chronic security lapses within the system."
The question I have is (Score:2, Funny)
It wasn't me (Score:5, Funny)
Awww, the widdle carbon twaders faw down go boom (Score:2, Funny)
A sense of schadenfreude without the usual guilt is giving a bounce to my steps. Cap-and-traders got their noses bloodied, tra-la-la-la-la!
Re:Wait, carbon trading wasn't a scam to BEGIN wit (Score:3, Funny)
Apparently you and I have completely different mechanisms for drawing conclusions.
Re:Wait, carbon trading wasn't a scam to BEGIN wit (Score:4, Funny)
Congratulations! You've won $38MM in carbon credits!
Re:Wait, carbon trading wasn't a scam to BEGIN wit (Score:4, Funny)
Excellent! Tacos al carbon for everybody!
Re:Wait, carbon trading wasn't a scam to BEGIN wit (Score:4, Funny)
Congratulations! You've won $38MM in carbon credits!
Sorry, guess he didn't after all. The Czech bounced.