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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. Since when is cracking research? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So these professors are playing at being crackers, is this really a news story?

    I don't see it. Web sites are cracked everyday, but the perpetrators don't usually brag about it.

  2. Isn't this a CRIME? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can't cite a specific statute, but wouldn't this be some sort of a criminal violation? Wire Fraud? Violation of the Patriot Act? John Ashcroft: where are you?

    I hope the two students are tossed out on their ass, and their degree credits are zeroed out. I can't believe they were allowed to do this, and if Colorado doesn't sanction them, I hope the school loses some funding.

    As for the NSF, is this ALL they have left to do with our tax dollars?

  3. Is slashdot editing anything like survivor? by Ninja+Programmer · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... Because if it is, can we vote timothy off the island?

  4. Re:Another dupe, timothy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is a site made by Perl amateurs for other amateur programmers and users of toy operating systems. What do you expect? The niveau of MSDN? Get a clue.

  5. illegal by iamnotacrook · · Score: 0, Troll

    anarchists cookbook is illegal so STAY AWAY.

  6. of course by cursingflashor · · Score: 0, Troll

    pwn3d