Stanley Rifkin

Mr. Rifkin is one of the most famously known cyber criminals for having pulled one of the biggest bank heists in the United States of America in the 1970s. He used to be a computer consultant that had a home-run business in that field. He had been contracted by Security Pacific National Bank that was headquartered in Los Angeles. The bank was high secured and took its online security seriously and thus hired Stanley Rifkin as he had trustable skills as a computer geek to find where the bank could be exploited. Unfortunately, for the bank, Rifkin became another tale of a friend turned foe after he stole $10 million from it. The simplistic manner in which Rifkin robbed the bank is still unimaginable. At that time, bank transfers ...

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