From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 23:18:39 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Netcom and Credit Cards
Message-ID: <199603031503.KAA20008@bb.hks.net>
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> The "credit card numbers were stolen" point, that I believe Ed Carp was
> referring to, had to do with the Mitnick affair, and is very old news.

The fact that they had been stolen was mentioned in an edition of 2600
6 months before the Mitnick saga.  Netcom had been told about the
security breaches many times, but refused to acknowledge that their
site was insecure.  It was this arrogance that pissed people off
more than their insecurity.



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