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Colorado Researchers Crack Internet Chess Club

Posted by timothy on from the that's-nice-dear-and-how-was-class dept.

edpin writes "University of Colorado at Boulder students hacked the 30,000-plus-member Internet Chess Club as part of research funded by the National Science Foundation. With guidance from University of Colorado at Boulder computer security researcher John Black, two students reverse-engineered the service to up their ranks and steal passwords." Update: 10/10 23:05 GMT by T : Reader Bryan Rapp points out that this story duplicates the one posted last month -- sorry about that.

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  1. Bah by Trailwalker · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    A Chess Club?

    Tell them to come back after they have cracked one of the systems at Langley, Va.