wizehop
Chasing the Darkness
Fuck hackers are getting ballzy as fuuuck these days. There isn't much to this one but I though it was kind of funny...
Lol, this kid isn't very bright. There's a soccer plaque on the wall in his bedroom behind him with his name on it.
Speaking of plaque, that little fucker needs to be brought to the dentist asap.
Hey I saw this on reddit yesterday and as far as I've read he was scammed out of a $100 virtual item in an online game.
Please do not confuse this with "hacking" or "cracking" or anything like that, these terms are used as synonyms online when they are not. The easiest I can describe the differences are;
Hacking: "playfully" and "cleverly" exploring the limits of software and what is possible with it. (In the truest sense completely non-malicious)
Cracking: Seeking vulnerabilities in software (50/50 malicious/non-malicious use. read more google "black hats vs white hats"
Scripting: Mostly used by children and people who cannot code themselves. They find already written cracks distributed on the internet, download and run them [likely to contain malware by the person writing the crack, so the "script kiddy" as they're known become infected also] to attempt to inject things through software vulnerabilities like key-loggers, and other malicious software to their desired target. (most often malicious)
The kid in the video is absolutely neither of the first two. And the chances of him even being the 3rd is extremely unlikely.
As someone who has played the game (Counter-Strike) since it's original mod release in 1999, the company that runs the game has made it extremely difficult to be scammed. You have to essentially give the person the item, click a bunch of "I understand I'm not getting anything back for this item and could very well get scammed". Once you're done clicking boxes acknowledging the fact that you can get scammed. You get an e-mail notification asking a second time if you're 100% sure you want to make the trade. (fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me)
So I have a feeling they were "friends" and the guy trusted the little kid too much. There are hundreds and hundreds of cases like this, the only reason this one is blowing up in popularity is because of the video sent afterwards by a 10 year old.
Here's a reddit thread about it (I don't think it's the original thread)
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/47aixa/guy_got_scammed_for_100_then_received_a_video_by/
Incidentally I've been away from CS so long I didn't know people were paying money for items.
...People always want to jump to the most alarming conclusion.
I was figuring it was probably something more like this but I hadn't looked into it. People always want to jump to the most alarming conclusion. Thanks for the clarification.
Incidentally I've been away from CS so long I didn't know people were paying money for items.