Here's an article about a hostile takeover of some "hacker" web sites — actually, web sites used by criminals to trade stolen credit-card data — by another criminal who simply stole all the data. I can't really feel sorry for anyone except the victims of the credit card fraud.
This story struck home for two reasons. First, I had a bit of a scare over the weekend about an unexplained credit-card charge; given the compromise of the Investor's Business Daily subscription database, I worried that data had fallen into the wrong hands. In the end, I discovered that the charge was legitimate.
Second, the sheer audacity of thieves and spammers. A spam post to another blog — one I don't manage, but one to which I consult and contribute — advertised bogus credit-card numbers. I have to admit that it's beyond me why anyone would purchase fake credit-card numbers from a spammer, but I suppose there's one born every minute.
My thanks to Bruce Schneier for bringing this article to my attention.
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