IP: Crackers Threaten Visa/Other Companies with Ransom

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Greenseid [mailto:jgreenseid () mail wesleyan edu]
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 12:18 PM
To: David Farber



A group of British crackers has broken into the computers of at least a
dozen multinational companies and stolen confidential files.  They have
issues ransom demands of up to 10 million pounds.  One of the companies
who has confirmed receiving the ransom demand is Visa, who has also
admitted to being hacked last year.

http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/01/16/stinwenws01028.html?999

--Joe