HBT: Orioles might trade former hot prospect

Chris Tillman was a second-round pick of the Mariners back in the 2006 MLB Amateur Draft. He posted?intriguing?strikeout numbers at a few different levels of Single-A between 2006-2007 before being dealt in an offseason trade to the Orioles in 2008.

That?s when his profile really began rising.

Tillman registered a 3.18 ERA and 154/65 K/BB ratio across 135 2/3 innings for the O?s Triple-A affiliate in 2008, and was rated 22nd on Baseball America?s Top 100 prospect rankings heading into the 2009 season.?In July of 2009, he made his major league debut against the Royals to a good degree of hype.

But it?s been mostly downhill since then for Tillman, and now Roch Kubatko of MASN is hearing that Baltimore ?would be willing to? trade the young righty this offseason if they?re able to find interest.

The 6-foot-5 Tillman?posted a 5.52 ERA and 46/25 K/BB ratio in 62 innings this year in the majors and a 5.87 ERA over 53 2/3 innings in 2010. Even on an O?s roster that is short on reliable starting arms, he?s a longshot to land a spot in the 2012 Opening Day rotation. So rather than asking the 23-year-old to?transition?into a reliever, thus stunting his long-term potential, the O?s might go ahead and try to find him a new team.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/27/os-might-be-open-to-trading-chris-tillman-this-winter/related/

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Filipino police arrest 4 suspected AT&T hackers

Four people have been arrested in the Philippines for allegedly hacking into AT&T customers' phones as part of a plan to funnel money to a Saudi-based terror group, according to police.

The Philippine Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said it worked with the FBI to arrest the suspects last week. The hackers, according to investigators, worked for a group that helped finance a deadly 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India.

AT&T's systems weren't compromised but some of its customers were targeted, spokeswoman Jan Rasmussen said Saturday. AT&T cooperated in the investigation with the FBI, she said.

AT&T wrote off some fraudulent charges on customers' bills, but Rasmussen wouldn't say how much. Philippine police put the alleged hacking cost to AT&T at $2 million.

Last Tuesday, AT&T said that hackers unsuccessfully attempted to link mobile numbers with online customer accounts, but it wouldn't say on Saturday if that incident was linked to the arrests of the four people in the Philippines.

The hackers were working on commission for a terrorist group linked to Muhammad Zamir, according to the Philippine police. Zamir, a Pakistani, was arrested in Italy in 2007, where he was running a call center that collected money from callers but then routed the calls through hacked phone lines. He also allegedly sold international access codes for long distance calls that were gathered by Filipino hackers.

Since then, police said, Zamir's group has been taken over by a Saudi national. Philippine police didn't name the group, but India has blamed Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based militant organization, for the Mumbai attacks. Three years ago Saturday, 10 Pakistan-based gunmen laid siege to India's financial hub, killing 166 people.

Associated Press

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