Comments on: All Your Braille Are Belong To Us

All Your Braille Are Belong To Us

Blue Stone — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:11:22 -0800

Three Blind Phreaks, See How They Scam ... The Badirs pulled off Mamet-worthy phone cons, employing cell phones, Braille-display computers, ace code-writing skills, and an uncanny ability to impersonate anyone from corporate suits to sex-starved females. On the phone, the brothers morph into verbal 007s, intimidating men, seducing women, and wheedling classified information from steely-voiced security personnel [...] An intense cat-and-mouse game developed: the Badirs on one side, with fraud investigator David Osmo and prosecutor Doron Porat on the other [...] his car's GPS system and email were repeatedly hacked. "There was a message waiting for him with his password in it," says Ramy, sounding quite pleased. "After that, he changed his password every hour before giving up on email altogether and using a typewriter."

By: LeLiLo

LeLiLo — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:32:56 -0800

I read this strange but true tale in print last week and had trouble believing it. Yet another real-life chase scene where the good guys are the bad guys, or the bad guys are the good guys. (Or vice versa.)

By: fidelity

fidelity — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:59:32 -0800

And nowhere did the brothers mention being inspired by Sneakers.

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:18:30 -0800

They got off quite easy considering the range and scope of their offenses.

By: Fupped Duck

Fupped Duck — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:51:07 -0800

Sneakers, phreakers, it all brought back lots of fond memories from a simpler time not so long ago.

By: widdershins

widdershins — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:43:28 -0800

Great link! I really enjoyed that article. Wonder if they've sold the rights yet...

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:03:04 -0800

I particularly liked the quote about the chief prosecutor being so rattled that: "When Doron Porat stood next to me," adds Ramy, "he took the battery out of his cell phone." 'ph33r my l337 h4xx0r 5k1llz' or what?!

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:51:48 -0800

What a great story...thanks :)