November 2006
Man used MP3 player to hack ATMs
A man in Manchester, England has been convicted of using an MP3 player to hack cash machines. Maxwell Parsons, 41, spent £200,000 of other people’s money after using the machine to read card details. Parsons plugged his MP3 player into the back of free standing cash machines and was able to use it to read data about customers’ cards. That data could then be used to ‘clone’ cards and use them for bogus purchases.
September 2006
Fifa07.us Revamps Their Soccer Fan Site for FIFA 07 video Game Season
Having a winning strike on the World Cup just got easier as football fans site Fifa07.us announced several upgrades ahead of the month-long soccer tournament. Among the new features are video gaming tips, soccer video game tricks, trax reviews, Fifa 07 video game soccer articles, links, statistics and who and where on the FIFA 07 video Game. The site also adds an online football fan shop, soccer discussion forums, unique news articles, games and much more.
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