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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. Forget white hat and black hat... by rasafras · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...what the hell are the ethics of edu-hacking? That's pretty weird, if you ask me. It could be considered like white hat except that it's done for the hacker's benefit as well, but still... it seems a little fishy. I mean, would you go through an Anarchist's Cookbook with your teacher?
    Maybe that's just me. *shrug*

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  2. we should be able to mod stories by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    if we can mod stories as dupe, we can set the threshold high enough so we can never have to deal with idiot editors posting dupes again!!!

  3. Heh by FiReaNGeL · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You don't have to give yourself all the trouble of defeating security to be a chess star on Internet. Just run a copy of fritz on another computer while you 'play'... instant skill!

    This is why is stopped playing online. Nothing beats a real game of chess, in front of a real person anyway. Reactions from your opponent are almost as important as in poker!

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  4. Re:Meanwhile... by mbrix · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not in Denmark (and I suspect, many other countries). We are moving to chip-based cards instead. Actually, Denmark is almost fully converted away from magnetic cards.

  5. Isn't this Illegal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting
    I don't see how this being done under the auspices of the school absolves the students from prosecution.

    Can anyone explain this to me?

  6. Re:Stealing Passwords? by aerojad · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I agree. I also wonder if this could cause any charges to be filed for acessing personal information.

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  7. Re:Another dupe, timothy? by shawn(at)fsu · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What we need is a way to chart what editor posts the most dupes, maybe the social shamming thing that keeps crime low in countries other than the US would work well here.

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