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  1. Remember Maxus "The Credit Card Master" ? by unixmaster · · Score: 1 · on 60,000 Credit Cards Numbers Stolen Online

    Anyone remember him he had hacked the a cd reseller website ( cduniverse.com afaik ) and stole
    about 25,000 credit card numbers and publish them on the net!
    Check here for his page

    Though he never get caught....

    Related Links :
    http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/4_ 278091
    http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,33539, 00.html

  2. The internet is a technology of control by Twid · · Score: 5 · on Development of the Secure PC Proceeds

    Lawrence Lessig in his excellent book "Code and other laws of Cyberspace" says that, if we aren't careful, the internet will become a technology of control, not of freedom.

    As anyone who runs a web server knows, it's easy enough to track and log everything. The always-on internet opens up the possiblity of things like CPRM; Microsoft's plans for required registration before Office XP will work, and other sorts of digital rights management. DivX may have failed, but it failed because it didn't have a good enough value proposition, and it was a little ahead of its time. Once more houses have broadband connections, what's the big deal to the average consumer if your DVD player needs to be hooked up to the internet to play DVD's?

    The idea that there will always be open alternatives to closed software or hardware isn't guaranteed. Lessig really hit the nail on the head in his book and predated a lot of this controversy. Will there be enough advocates to fund and continue producing open chipsets? You can look at the history of DAT to see a way things might play out.

    There is a interview with him here that goes into more detail. (the streaming links didn't work for me, but the mp3 download did.)

    I wonder if all this posturing on the big corporation side will lead to more polarization and zealotry. You'll have the totally proprietary and controlling microsoft camp, and the totally free and open Open Source camp. It'll be interesting to see.

    - Twid

  3. Re:Old Vulnerability by blicero · · Score: 2 · on Largest Online Credit Card Heist Ever?

    Combine this fact with this part of the "FAQ" on Maxus' site (mirrored here)

    Q2: Why expiration date is 02/00-04/00?
    A2: Why not?

    In other words, all he got were rather old credit cards. One might surmise that CDUniverse updated their CyberCash software, but failed to delete the log file you mention.

  4. Here's a mirror by mcrandello · · Score: 4 · on Largest Online Credit Card Heist Ever?

    No digits, of course :) HERE
    Incidentally you have to hit <esc> to get it not to autorefresh to a 404'd page...


    mcrandello@my-deja.com
    rschaar{at}pegasus.cc.ucf.edu if it's important.