The Fast, Fabulous, Allegedly Fraudulent Life of Megaupload?s Kim Dotcom [wired article]

[Paul&John]

pretty long article..

He soon landed a security contract for Data Protect with the airline Lufthansa by demonstrating an apparent security vulnerability—though according to claims by others in the German hacking community, his connection to the airline was thanks to collaboration with an insider there, and to the hacking skills of an accomplice.

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While it went nowhere, the press it received helped raise the profile of Data Protect—and of Schmitz. Schmitz was also making other efforts to create his persona. In 1999, according to New Zealand’s Investigate magazine (PDF), he was spotted at the airport in Munich getting his picture taken inside parked airplanes, which he then used to suggest that he owned them.

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Flush with at least some cash, Schmitz was quick to burn some of it by waving his own particular brand of freak flag. He hired a German centerfold, a collection of other actors, a film crew, and fast car aficionados for a self-produced film called Kimble Goes Monaco — a road movie about a lavish trip to Monaco, including a cruise on a rented yacht. The movie was punctuated with Schmitz playing with expensive toys, and featured a bizarre Bill-Gates-is-spying-on-me subplot.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/kim-dotcom/

[slapass]

Thanks for the read. The guy has had an amazing life.

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by slapass

Thanks for the read. The guy has had an amazing life.

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