Technology and crime are uneasy partners. As hackers, crackers and sundry cyber-attackers prove almost daily, turning technology into a tool of crime is a simple proposition. "Technology breeds crime. It always has, it always will," said Frank Abagnale, the con-artist-turned-FBI-associate whose exploits were depicted in the Hollywood blockbuster "Catch Me If You Can." Abagnale spoke to VARs, integrators and vendors on the recent closing day of IT trade association CompTIA's Breakaway conference in Las Vegas. Forty years ago, Abagnale, who has become very popular on the lecture circuit, used rudimentary methods to dupe airlines and banks into thinking he was a pilot so he could fly for free and cash fake checks.
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