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To: mike machi who wrote (97494)	3/25/2000 11:48:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 164687

Speaking of "consumer knowledge", here's an 18-yr old who hacked into nine e-commerce sites and took the credit card information of 26,000 people, including Bill Gates: LONDON, March 26 (Reuters) - A teenager arrested in Wales for allegedly hacking into e-commerce websites had obtained the credit card details of Bill Gates, head of Microsoft and the world's richest man, newspapers said on Sunday. Raphael Gray, 18, was arrested on Saturday for Internet fraud after a joint operation between the Federal Bureau of investigation and Welsh Police. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Saturday that losses connected to the activities of Gray and another unamed 18-year-old could exceed $3 million. But Gray, the self-styled ``Saint of E-commerce,' said: ``I just wanted to prove how insecure these sites are. I have done the honest thing, but I have been ignored.' Gray and his accomplice e-mailed credit card details, including those of Gates, to NBCi, a subsidiary of the NBC broadcasting group, the Telegraph said. The 18-year-olds used the screen name ``Curador' -- Welsh for custodian and allegedly hacked into nine e-commerce Web sites around the world, stealing credit card information related to more than 26,000 accounts from web sites in the United States, Canada, Thailand, Japan and Britain. ---- That should make everyone more comfortable about typing their CC information into a "secure web site". I used to scoff at those who expressed fears of their CC info being more vulnerable at a web-site to abuse and theft, than at a traditional brick-and-mortar joint. Well, it's obvious that the fears are well-founded.