Word: blackboarding
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...This is not hacking; this is vandalism,” the statement says, with the expectation that this distinction will comfort fearful clients. The threat to users of the system, however, is very real, whatever name Blackboard wishes to give...
...Crimson Cash service is provided by Blackboard Inc., a Washington, D.C.--based company that has installed similar systems in more than 400 schools and businesses. According to material posted on the Internet by the two student hackers, the weakness of Blackboard systems arises from the reliance on physical rather than electronic security: transaction information travels unencrypted between card-swipe terminals and servers. According to the hackers, the wiring that carries this information is often easily accessible, making it very easy to tap into the system. A hacker can then record and emulate the signals transmitted when a person uses...
...response by Blackboard has been less than reassuring. They secured a restraining order to stop the two hackers from sharing their findings and issued a statement criticizing them for illegally dismantling a Blackboard device in the process of discovering the problem. The statement also downplays the significance of the security flaw, saying that it is only by physically tampering with its devices that hackers can abuse the system...
...students claim that they approached Blackboard when they first discovered the problem, but that the company was unreceptive to their findings. They say that threatening to share the information with other hackers was a last-ditch effort to get the company’s attention. In its statement, Blackboard acknowledges the frequent cooperation between hackers and technology firms in improving security, but its response to this incident offers little evidence that it is truly willing to engage in such cooperation...
Gregory Smith, an attorney representing Blackboard, said that Hoffman and Griffith have complied with the cease and desist order and have agreed to an extension of those restrictions for another 45 days...