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Cracker Gains Access to 2.2 Million Credit Cards

Doctor Sbaitso writes "CNN reports that a hacker bypassed the security system of a company that processes credit card transactions and gained access to approximately 2.2 million Visa and MasterCard credit cards. Fortunately, none of them seem to have been used fraudulently."

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  1. CC# generators. by laymil · · Score: 5, Funny

    pfft, back in my day, we could generate as many valid credit card numbers as we wanted. of course, those usually got used fraudulently....

  2. What? by batboy78 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn white boys need to stay away from them computers!!

  3. in the news tomorrow? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess tomorrow all the online pr0n stores will be sold out of everything!

  4. Mitnick... by jbwiv · · Score: 5, Funny

    New leaf my ass. Welcome back, Kevin ;-)

    1. Re:Mitnick... by cyb97 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess this explains why 'the art of deception' sold 2.2M copies so fast...

  5. Re:Go away, Negro. by batboy78 · · Score: 5, Funny

    obviously the humor in the use of the word "cracker" in the article title was lost.

  6. New commercial by Stonent1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Online Viagra purchase: $150
    Trisexual Midget porn : $55
    Buying it on someone elses credit card so that your wife never finds out: Priceless
    There's somet things that money can buy but you'd rather it not be your own. For everything else, there's Mastercard.

  7. Re:It's probably a matter of time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mine was stolen, but the thief's using it less than the wife did.

    ba-dum ching!