Once in hand, they post the passwords in newsgroups or IRC channels, offer them for trade or display them up en masse on Web sites. They either buy passwords using stolen credit card numbers or submit fake credit cards by copying the algorithm of legitimate card numbers. What is eye-catching, though, is the brazen and, in some cases, creative nature of the fraud.Įssentially, password thieves use one of several methods. It may not be surprising, given the demand, that the black market element has sought to find its niche. Research group found that in 1996, one-tenth of all retail revenue online was generated by adult content.
By some estimates, more than half of all Internet traffic is directed at adult sites, some of which are earning handsome revenues and, it is believed, healthy profits. Online pornography is widely considered the Internet's most thriving trade. “This is aīig problem from a moral, ethical and social point of view.” “I hate these people - everybody hates these people,” said Brad Weber, executive vice president of Interactive Telecom Network, which provides Internet access for adult sites like Cafe Flesh. “This is a big problem from a moral, ethical and social point of view.”Įxecutive vice president of Interactive Telecom Network They are not only publicizing their clearinghouses of passwords but bragging about their conquests and about the number of adult sites they have accessed. The thieves aren't exactly subtle about it either. Plus, they say the practice is making their sites easily accessible to minors. Traffic, and spending money and time to crack down on the pilfered passwords.
The result, they say, is that they are losing thousands of dollars in subscription fees, watching as bandwidth is gobbled up by unwelcome Recent months have seen a sharp rise in the illicit distribution of passwords, say Webmasters at pornography sites. That offer free, pirated passwords to their adult content. Trading of Passwords Alarms Porn Sites By MATT RICHTEL ome people may consider online smut to be the gutter of cyberspace, but its purveyors say there is a much more offensive breed of site: Web pages
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