Cybercash Disputes Hacker's Claim

By Loath January 11, 2000 10:50 AM

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Cybercash Inc. is disputing an 18-year-old Russian hacker's claims that the company's credit card verification system was penetrated, resulting in the theft of thousands of credit card numbers from an online music store.?Before it was taken offline early Sunday morning, the rogue site, a page of which has been captured here, had doled out more than 25,000 stolen card numbers.?Also included with the numbers were expiration dates and cardholder names and addresses, according to a counter on the page.?With the click of a button, visitors could launch a script that purportedly obtained a valid credit card "directly from the biggest online shop database," according to a message at the site.?As proof of his exploit, Maxus e-mailed a file to InternetNews.com containing dozens of user names and passwords for accessing customer order status information at CDuniverse.?Cybercash officials disputed the hackers report, saying their IC Verify product was not at issue.?Read more...

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