10.Jan.2000
Heise [Newsticker]
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Credit Card Fraud on Internet
Using credit cards in the Internet seems to be not that secure as the banking companies tell us
over and over again. A security hole in a software for authentification of credit cards by the
company Cybercash (ICVerify) enabled a 19 year old cracker from Moskow, named Maxus, to transfer
money at will since 1998, and even withdraw money from cash terminals (according to Maxus).
After the cracker failed in blackmailing the US online music retailer eUniverse, he reportedly
posted 25,000 credit card numbers on his website. The FBI now handles the case.
More links on the subject:
InternetNews: Failed Blackmail Attempt Leads to Credit Card Theft
Maxus (non-functional copy of the cracker's homepage)
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