Mel,
Well said.
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:51:00 +0000, Mel Evans, Registered Arachne User wrote:
> Caveat Emptor! Let the buyer beware!
However, according to network news this date, even legit businesses can
be dangerous.
It seems this young man in Russia decided to hack into a music sales
site -- and he did it well enough to collect about 300,000 credit card
numbers. He then informed the store and asked for $300,000 American ...
or he'd both sell the cc#s *and* let the press know. When the store
didn't pay, CC#s started appearing on a website ... many [how many they
won't say] were posted for the world to see until the site was shut
down.
They don't know who did it. They don't know how. [You can bet some
poor bottom-of-the-ladder programmer will be blamed.] They don't even
know who would have jurisdiction over the culprit should s/he be found.
Verrrrrrrrrrry interesting. I think I'll continue to collect my ideas
on how to shelter cc#s.
l.d.
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