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Yahoo CAPTCHA Hacked

Posted by kdawson on from the leap-and-frog dept.

Hell Yeah! reminds us of a 2-week-old development that somehow escaped notice here. A team of Russian hackers has found a way to decipher a Yahoo CAPTCHA, thought to be one of the most difficult, with 35% accuracy. The Russian group's notice, posted by one "John Wane," is dated January 16. This site hosts a rapidshare link to what looks to be demonstration software for Windows, and quotes the Russian researchers: "It's not necessary to achieve high degree of accuracy when designing automated recognition software. The accuracy of 15% is enough when attacker is able to run 100,000 tries per day, taking into the consideration the price of not automated recognition — one cent per one CAPTCHA."

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  1. Re:frosty piss? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I blame the Jews. Fireworks and 9/11 are totally their work...

  2. Google Hacks by RobBebop · · Score: -1, Troll

    If CAPTCHAs are easily hackable, why are they the best identification system out there? What is Google doing right that makes it so you never here about Gmail accounts being hacked into? Hell, Microsoft invents their own stupid system and Hotmail is still probably the most hacked e-mail accounts on the net.

    Honestly, what gives... and more importantly... how come Google does it better?

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  3. INDEED by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I poo on your quarries

  4. it's all bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    those fucking muslims have done it again. down with those bitches!