[From my daily New York Times news summary] 11 Charged in Theft of 41 Million Card Numbers By BRAD STONE Authorities said the scheme was spearheaded by a Miami man who hacked into several retailers' computer systems.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/business/06theft.html Russian Gang Hijacking PCs in Vast Scheme By JOHN MARKOFF The gang has infected thousands of PCs in corporate and government networks with programs that steal passwords and other information, a security researcher has found. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/technology/06hack.html [The depressing bit is how banal both stories have become. --Perry] -- Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]