Wednesday, July 10, 2002

Brazil cracks cashpoint nuts Men arrested for cloning cards and filming Pin codes Brazilian police have nabbed two men involved in a high-tech operation to clone bankcards and obtain customers' Pin codes. Police in Santos, Sao Paulo arrested an IT specialist and an electrician on suspicion of fraud. Officers say that the pair installed a device inside a cash machine which read card numbers, and put a digital video camera on the ATM to film customers tapping in their Pin codes. [10-07-2002] [vnunet Hacking] 14:57 # G!

Falun Gong hijacked World Cup final Persecuted Chinese religious sect Falun Gong, which recently hijacked state TV and radio broadcasts in several regions, also managed to interrupt showings of the World Cup final, the Chinese government has finally conceded. Beijing admitted yesterday that overseas members of the group had intercepted the state run Sinosat satellite in the week up to and including June 30. [vnunet Hacking] 14:56 # G!