From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:05:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Hacker cracks ESPN
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Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com> writes:
>           Two separate but chilling messages were sent to people who
>           purchased items online from ESPNet or the NBA Store this
>           week. The first anonymous E-mail told shoppers they had
>           been the victims of careless security and that their
>           credit-card numbers and addresses were easily available.
>
>           The second message, sent by E-mail and regular mail by the
>           World Wide Web sites' host, Starwave Corp., alerted 2,397
>           online shoppers that their credit-card information might have
>           been misappropriated.

Were these two sites running C2Net's "Stronghold"?

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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