What type of incoming packets could a firewall have blocked to prevent this crime? (protocol, IP address, port, size, application content (data), etc.)

find a recent (less than one month old) online journal or news article that involves a crime that interests you. Give the title of the article, the URL for where you found the article, and a brief summary of what the article was about. Then answer the following questions:
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o What type of incoming packets could a firewall have blocked to prevent this crime? (protocol, IP address, port, size, application content (data), etc.)
o What type of outgoing packets could a firewall have blocked to prevent this crime?
The source should be one of these:
http://arstechnica.com