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Mike Cooper @coop

Author and tinkerer: crime, finance, and technology.

Joined November 2009
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Mike Cooper@coop
28 Jan 2018
Wait, there are ATMs still running Win XP?? bit.ly/2nm0O51 No wonder jackpotting is on

First ‘Jackpotting’ Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs

ATM "jackpotting" -- a sophisticated crime in which thieves install malicious software and/or hardware at ATMs that forces the machines to spit out huge volumes of cash on demand -- has long been a...

krebsonsecurity.com
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Mike Cooper@coop
27 Oct 2017
Excellent Guardian piece on interrogation. Coercion does NOT work bit.ly/2i7ErfS Really, anyone with teenagers should know that

The scientists persuading terrorists to spill their secrets

The long read: Expert interrogators know torture doesn’t work – but until now, nobody could prove it. By analysing hundreds of top-secret interviews with terror suspects, two British scientists have...

theguardian.com
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Mike Cooper@coop
23 Sep 2017
New Russian CQB spec-forces bullpup fires 12.7mm rounds (!) bit.ly/2xqdv2f Man, they want to put their enemies DOWN
Mike Cooper@coop
6 Sep 2017
Seattle Times on THE DOWNSIDE: "It’s a pleasure to watch pros doing what they do best" seattletimes.com/entertainme…

These crime-fiction novels deliver the goods

takes a look at Mike Cooper’s engrossing heist novel “The Downside” and Colin Cotterill’s “The Rat Catchers’ Olympics,” starring Dr. Siri Paiboun.

seattletimes.com
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Mike Cooper@coop
6 Sep 2017
The Sunday Times liked THE DOWNSIDE: "whip-smart dialogue and a chicane of plot twists" nuk-tnl-deck-prod-static.s3-…
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Mike Cooper@coop
10 Aug 2017
Thanks for the chance appear! It was a fun piece to write x.com/LucyBurdette/status/89…
Mike Cooper@coop
9 Aug 2017
If your product makes 1.3 billion people unhappy (really!), maybe you're doing something wrong? bit.ly/2wIs93l #Facebook

23 minutes is the right amount of time to spend on Facebook

Social media is a great way to connect with family, friends, and strangers around the globe, but spending too much time on any platform can create dissatisfaction.

qz.com
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Mike Cooper@coop
8 Aug 2017
"99% people who join multilevel-marketing co's lose money" For whom, exactly, is that a "brilliant business model"? bit.ly/2vBn6ok
Mike Cooper@coop
7 Aug 2017
That's an interesting article. Didn't realize how intense it had gotten x.com/sarahw/status/89458223…
Mike Cooper@coop
7 Aug 2017
"Inside the world of Silicon Valley's 'coasters' - millionaire engineers who get paid gobs of money and barely work" read.bi/2vxF3Ei

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Mike Cooper@coop
7 Aug 2017
Russian troll-bots are pushing #civilwar - as in, a new US civil war bit.ly/2vfo3Aq Sounds like "interference" to me

Hamilton 68: Putin apparently trying to incite American Civil War #2 (not kidding)

Calls for civil unrest on #civilwar amplified by Russian bots—check Hamilton 68 for updates and help spread awareness.

dailykos.com
Mike Cooper@coop
7 Aug 2017
Charming BBC video on recent World Dog Surfing Championships: bbc.in/2vf9AVb They're more agile than me, for sure
Mike Cooper@coop
7 Aug 2017
Tech millionaire: "[because of robots] within 30 years, half of humanity won’t have a job" on.mktw.net/2veFr8l Thanks man

Former Facebook exec paints a grim picture of where the U.S. will be in 30 years

The trendy notion among some of the world’s best and brightest: The robots are taking over. Tesla’s Elon Musk is worried about it. So is Microsoft’s Bill Gates. And professor Stephen Hawking, too....

marketwatch.com
Mike Cooper@coop
7 Aug 2017
What everyone needs in their pocket: a real, working .22 pistol that folds up to 1/3 the size of a phone bit.ly/2veTwT4
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Mike Cooper@coop
3 Aug 2017
Having grown up in Missouri, I'm interested to see the NAACP has issued a travel warning for the state: bit.ly/2hrYPvj
Mike Cooper@coop
2 Aug 2017
Interview w top Scrabble champions: slate.me/2ujJfTt Strategy, endgame tactics - fascinating (to a certain kind of mind)

A Play-by-Play Breakdown of the Best Game at the North American Scrabble Championship

Scrabble has a new champion. He is Will Anderson, a 32-year-old textbook editor who began playing competitively just eight years ago; his word game of...

slate.com
Mike Cooper@coop
30 Jul 2017
Good metric for being a successful (thriller) author: Being able to afford a sub to Jane's Intelligence Review. Not there yet!
Mike Cooper@coop
30 Jul 2017
Robot safecracker: bbc.com/news/technology-4076… When they say "no job is secure" they mean it!

Robot cracks open safe live on Def Con's stage

To rapturous applause, hackers bust open a leading brand of safe with a small robot at Def Con.

bbc.com
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Mike Cooper@coop
18 Jul 2017
"Wildly inventive": a starred PW review for THE DOWNSIDE, coming in Sept bit.ly/2u5Gj07

The Downside by Mike Cooper

Finn, the star of this wildly inventive caper novel from Thriller Award–finalist Cooper (Full Ratchet), specializes in thefts of...

publishersweekly.com
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Mike Cooper@coop
18 Jul 2017
"Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year" wapo.st/2u5jf1q That's one way to keep taxes low

Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year

Federal asset forfeitures topped burglary losses for the first time in 2014.

washingtonpost.com
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