 Lurkers incDon't Call Me Doink
join:2001-10-13
Seattle, WA | reply to Ryan
Re: Bestbuy, Walmart, Petsmart Security Issues said by POOoOoOPs:
HOly crap its all over the news, dont use your credit cards people think about how many people are going to bestbuy purposly to monitor this.
Did not see this mentioned but the television news says Bestbuy has shut off all the affected systems. Not a good place to be from what they showed on the tube, the lines were very long.
See: »www.silicon.com/public/door?6004···icon.com
"Major US retail chain Best Buy has been forced to close down its wireless cash registers after security experts revealed it had been making credit card information available to anyone in the vicinity with the equipment to detect wireless networks.
And global supermarket giant WalMart and US pet store PetSmart are under pressure to investigate claims their systems have exactly the same flaws."
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"Major US retail chain Best Buy has been forced to close down its wireless cash registers after security experts revealed it had been making credit card information available to anyone in the vicinity with the equipment to detect wireless networks.
Equipment which you could, ironically, buy at Best Buy. 
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 eliasPremium,VIP
join:2000-07-24
Miami, FL | Someone should try this one:
"Hi, I brought my laptop with me today, and would like to know if I could test-out this Wireless NIC..."
I'm sure one of the idiots working there would fall for it, too.
"So does it work?"
[CC numbers pouring-in]
"Ohhh yeah!"
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