Foil, not just for hats anymore!

Tinfoil is apparently not just good for keeping the lizard people from reading your thoughts from afar, with a little wit and the silver stuff you can also wreak havoc on those high security and dimple locks that are just a little too hard to pick sometimes. Now available in kit form, compliments of China(tm)

Article and video on Blackbag.nl

Matthew Delorey of New Bedford, Mass., is charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison for each charge, and a $250,000 fine.

Delorey allegedly ran a now-defunct Web site called Massmodz.com, where hacked modems were sold. The modems had been modified in order to spoof the device’s MAC (Media Access Control) address. It is possible then to either obtain free Internet access or make it appear that a different modem is obtaining access.

Authorities alleged that Delorey sold two of the modified modems to an undercover FBI agent.

Delorey also allegedly posted to YouTube showing how to get free Internet access through modified cable modems.

He allegedly posted instructional videos with titles such as “Massmodz.com How to Get Free Internet Free Cable Internet Comcast or any Cable ISP – 100% works” and “Massmodz.com How to bypass Comcast registration page with premod cable modem SB5100, SB 5101.”

Federal authorities have recently moved against other people regarding cable modems. In October Ryan Harris, 26, was arrested for allegedly running a San Diego company called TCNISO that sold customizable cable modems and software that could be used to get free Internet service or a speed boost for paying subscribers. Harris is charged with conspiracy, computer intrusion and wire fraud.

The artwork was taken from the home that the owners of the collection, A. Benjamin Amadio and Dr. Ralph Kennaugh, were renting while they looked at property in the area.

Amadio said the pieces of art hadn’t been hung since they were just renting the home. He also said that several other pieces of art that were part of the collection weren’t stolen.

Amadio and Kennaugh are offering two separate rewards — a $1 million reward for the return of the stolen artwork, and a $5 million reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the heist.

The $1 million reward can be claimed anonymously, Amadio said.

The following is a list of the stolen artwork:
•G.H. Rothe (3 pieces)
•Jackson Pollock (1 piece)
•Matisse ( 1 piece)
•Miro (4 pieces)
•Rembrandt (2 pieces)
•Renoir (1 piece)
•Van Gogh (1 piece)

The stolen Pollock piece is estimated to be worth $20 million.

An investigation is ongoing and is currently being handled by the Monterey County Sheriff’s Department. A private investigator has also been hired by Amadio and Dr. Kennaugh.

Both Amadio and Kennaugh are originally from Massachusetts. Amadio is an entrepreneur, while his housemate, Kennaugh, is a retired Harvard medical professor.

Amadio and Kennaugh said they think that the heist was an inside job and done by a professional who had knowledge of what art was at the home.

“I think the people that stole it number one knew what we had, and two, probably had buyers for the artwork before they went to take it,” Kennaugh said. “I think chances of getting it back are slim.”

Kennaugh also said the artwork was uninsured because hardly anyone knew about his collection, which is why he thinks it was an inside job.

Earlier this month, a collection of 11 Andy Warhol paintings was stolen from a home in West Los Angeles.

The collection included portraits of O.J. Simpson, Muhammad Ali, Pele and Chris Evert.

The owner of the collection had once tried to sell the artwork for $3 million in 2002, but the current exact value is unknown.

The largest known art heist to take place in the U.S. was in Boston during St. Patrick’s Day in 1990. A total of 13 pieces, including work by Rembrandt and Degas were stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

An investigation into the art heist, which was estimated to be valued at $300 million, has included FBI probes into the Irish Republican Army, a Boston mob boss and a notorious art thief.

Early this morning a white helicopter landed on the roof of a money depot, three men walked out and into the building, the helicopter lifted again and hovered above the building, explosions went off, the robbers came back out with several large bags after the helicopter landed again and they took off. They have not yet been found but the helicopter has been found by a small lake. Many witnesses who live nearby saw the whole thing and gave detailed descriptions of the modus operandi.

http://www.thelocal.se/22234/20090923/

Update: Seems CNN has got the story too: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/23/stockholm.helicopter.heist/index.html

Yes, these are firesafes, but many many people use them to store real valuable stuff other than papers.

Here’s a few methods on how to open them.

Using a Screwdriver and penny:

Using a paperclip:

Using a homemade pick:

Read more here: http://planaheist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=160

From Wonder How To

The New York Daily News “acquired” the Empire State building in about 90 minutes of work.

Here is their story:

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/12/02/2008-12-02_it_took_90_minutes_for_daily_news_to_ste.html

Seems like there is a lot of money in these mortgage fraud cases, not that I’m encouraging anything.