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Hackers steal 2 million tonnes of EU carbon credits
Yahoo ^
| 1/20/11
| AFP
Posted on 01/20/2011 10:43:56 AM PST by NormsRevenge
BRUSSELS (AFP) Hackers stole two million tonnes of polluting rights in a five-day raid this week on the European Union's carbon emissions trading system, an EU source said on Thursday.
The volume of carbon credits stolen in online action, which a European Commission spokeswoman was "possibly concerted", represents just a fraction of global industrial greenhouse gas permits, but is potentially worth many millions of euros.
The scale of the theft, which involved five unnamed EU states, was revealed a day after Brussels shut all 27 national trading registries for a week, citing inadequate online protection.
Credits stolen just from the Czech Republic were worth seven million euros.
Fourteen of the 27 European Union states need to boost their online security to minimum standards, the spokeswoman said.
The EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) is the largest multinational, greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme in the world, but has repeatedly suffered security breaches.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: algore; carbon; conartist; credits; emissions; fraud; greenhousegas; hackers; manbearpig; scam; steal; tonnes
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EU P U .. This smells.
To: NormsRevenge
Somebody stole my secret wishes and lofty ideals!
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:45:32 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: NormsRevenge
LOL. Surely this is the Onion?
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:45:44 AM PST
by
pissant
((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
To: NormsRevenge
Why don’t INDIVIDUALS have carbon credits? I would like to sell mine.
Let’s all get together and flood their market (Do a Cloward-Piven on this scheme to sell indulgences)
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:45:55 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(There are 10 types of people those who know BINARY and those who don't)
To: dead
I have them in my imaginary lock box I stole from Algore.
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:47:21 AM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: Mr. K
I can get you just under 2 million credits,if the price is right.
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:48:02 AM PST
by
Delta 21
(If you cant tell if I'm being sarcastic...maybe I'm not.)
All the usual suspects are being interviewed..
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:48:09 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: pissant
I think the theft ocurred when these fools surrendered their euros towards this bogus commodity.
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:48:26 AM PST
by
Made In The USA
(This post may be recorded for quality purposes.)
To: NormsRevenge
I wonder how many unicorns and vials of magic pixie dust those bastards absconded with.
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:48:26 AM PST
by
Minn
To: John Semmens
Sounds like something you would write.
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:48:36 AM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: NormsRevenge
Great. Counterfeit carbon credits. And the agencies that detect and verify them.
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:48:36 AM PST
by
Attention Surplus Disorder
("Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking" - Barack Hussein Obama)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:48:46 AM PST
by
bkepley
To: NormsRevenge
How does one fence stolen carbon credits? Why would anyone acquire stolen carbon credits? Seems to me like they would be immediately traceable, because they only exist on paper, no wait, scratch paper, they only exist as electrons.
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:51:26 AM PST
by
La Lydia
To: NormsRevenge
If caught, these guys will have to spend years in an imaginary prison, like mimes.
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:51:58 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Mr. K
Vegentarians will have to buy carbon credits because they fart all the time.
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:53:06 AM PST
by
GeronL
(http://www.stink-eye.net/forum/index.php)
To: NormsRevenge
along with million dollars in monopoly money
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:55:38 AM PST
by
MNDude
To: NormsRevenge
Pssst! Hey buddy! I’ll trade ya for a million in Bellagio Casino Chips...........pass it on.............
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:56:43 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
To: NormsRevenge
Were they looking to trade carbon credits for unicorn pelts?
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posted on
01/20/2011 10:57:48 AM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
To: NormsRevenge
That and 2 bucks will get you a coffee at most Starbucks.
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posted on
01/20/2011 11:00:33 AM PST
by
kevinm13
(Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
To: NormsRevenge
Some peoples stole something that doesn’t exist?
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posted on
01/20/2011 11:02:37 AM PST
by
ReverendJames
(Only A Lawyer, A Painter, A Politician And The Media Can Change Black To White)
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