Safebreakers used Google to break open safeThe burglars might be bunglers but the break in workedBy Tamlin Magee: Thursday 12 July 2007, 08:46EVERYONE REMOTELY web-savvy uses Google for a helping hand or to satiate curiosity, and it would seem criminals are no exception after a bizarre incident at a Colorado Springs amusement arcade.Two masked burglars broke their way into the building using door keys and went through all the usual burglary to-and-froing - spraying security cameras and bumbling about looking menacing. However, when faced with cracking open the arcade's safe, they were clueless and quickly hopped to a nearby computer for help.Search records on the computer revealed that the burglars had Googled for "how to open a safe" and "how to crack a safe." Ridiculous as it sounds, the Internet saved the day for the crooks and they made away with a crisp $12,000.Security film shows around 70 minutes of burglary-related stress and frustration until one gave in and headed to the computer.Though clearly unprofessional - security footage shows attempts to block cameras using WD-40 which only cleaned the lens, as well as spraying a fire alarm 'just in case' 'twere a camera - the burglars have not yet been caught.
attempts to block cameras using WD-40 which only cleaned the lens
