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Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 117 - July 05, 2001 - ISSN 1539-5065      Previous Story | | Next Story

Flaw in Web Software Exposes Credit Cards to Hackers
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
July 05, 2001
Reading AuctionBytes: Flaw in Web Software Exposes Credit Cards to Hackers

A disturbing story by MSNBC's Bob Sullivan revealing that a software flaw in some e-commerce may make credit cards easily accessible by hackers. According to the story, the flaw is so widespread that tracking down "hot cards is almost as easy as conducting a search on Yahoo or Google." Full Story: http://www.msnbc.com/news/595932.asp

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