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Old 3rd March, 2010, 05:53 PM
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The first member of the gang was arrested in early February, when he inadvertently logged into the network without disguising the address of his computer.

His computer linked investigators to two more suspects who were arrested later in the month.
Is this as stupid as it sounds?
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Stupid will get you ten years! LOL.
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There must be others, no one this dumb could amass 3 million computers on their own! (I hope.)
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