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60,000 Credit Cards Numbers Stolen Online

Posted by timothy on from the send-your-number-here-to-check dept.

robl writes "140,000 credit card numbers were tested for validity yielding about 62,000 valid credit card numbers and $300,000 of fraudulent charges. A good quote: "There wasn't a system in place to say, 'you've generated 140,000 charges, that's more than your normal volume.'" As Schneier-heads would say, it's a brittle system -- when the security fails, it fails badly."

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  1. Here is my credit card number by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Someone test it out please:

    1823 9583 8173 6125 exp 05/04

  2. Cmdr Tacos C/C number by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    41337 4554 0736 3319

  3. Now isn't this... by URoRRuRRR · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now isn't this the first time that a credit card # has been stolen from a website and used that we know of?

    With the ratio of transactions to thefts, net commerce is still reallllly safe. Unfortunately, things like this will be blown up so those who are holding back won't jump on board.

    --
    "Oh no, 3 horny women and only 2 condoms...Thank god I read slashdot"
  4. Re:Microsoft needs some new cards by Stephen+VanDahm · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Or maybe they're just rolling our the new MSN - 'Microsoft' Version of the English language..."

    That's correct -- it's called Microsoft Visual English .NET. It breaks compatibility with all currently existing spellcheckers, so you need to upgrade to Microsoft SpellChecker .NET, which only runs on Windows XP.

    For people that find English to be complicated, confusing, and outdated (Slashdot editors), Microsoft is also working on Visual English-Sharp .NET. It streamlines the paragraph development cycle by eliminating the need to make verbs agree with their subjects and adjectives agree with the nouns they modify.

    Very exciting stuff...

  5. Re:Credit Card by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I was at that store the other day. Your girlfriend grabbed my cock. I asked her to stroke it, but she said she had to wait for the transaction to go through.

    Well, after it cleared, next thing I know she jumps across the counter, and starts sucking my cock like a woman possessed. Her technique was exquisite. In a matter of minutes, I blew my steamy load into her mouth. Streams of jism flowed down her cheeks as her tongue licked my shaft clean.

    With that, I zipped up and left. Credit cards, you gotta love 'em.