HACKING &
CRACKING 
used to obtain I.D. theft info

this page created 2002 Dec 11
updated 2003 Nov 13
further updated 2006 Jan 30
further updated 2007 Nov 13

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This page is prepared by Prof. Tim Richardson for his students.
 
INTRODUCTION The first video that may be shown in class was taped off the TLC channel in December 2002 
CLICK HERE to see the page of notes made to help students follow along as they watch the video - includes links to organizations and people mentioned in the video.

The second video (taped July 2007) was about NBC Dateline's Chris Hansen who tried to track down identity thieves by checking online chat rooms where these people exchange confidential information

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Video # 1

notes from the TLC video 
"Hackers, Outlaws & Angels"

The 2002  video opens with a tour of, and interview of key personnel in the ISS Global Threat Operations Center

It talks about some really famous hacking exploits and shows how to do some actual hacking by driving by a building using a notebook computer with wireless connectivity.

to read more about this video, click here
 witiger.com/ecommerce/hackersvideo1.htm 

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Video # 2

notes from the NBC Dateline documentary
- catching Identity Thieves trading IDs in chat rooms
the episode is called ‘To Catch an ID Thief’

The 2007  video opens with Chris Hansen of Dateline NBC news using a chatroom to watch how hackers trade ID information stolen from innocent victims, and then use that credit card info to make fraudulent purchases. Then they try to track down who those people are.

to read more about this video, click here
 witiger.com/ecommerce/hackersvideo2.htm 

see also
 www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17805134/
 www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17822386/ text

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