password-stealing on public PCs

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:45:56 -0400
> From: Steve Bellovin <smb () research att com>
> Subject: password-stealing on public PCs
> To: dave () farber net
>
> Kinko's case highlights Internet risks
>
>
> By ANICK JESDANUN, AP INTERNET WRITER
>
> NEW YORK (AP) - For more than a year, unbeknownst to people who
> used Internet terminals at Kinko's stores in New York, Juju Jiang
> was recording what they typed, paying particular attention to their
> passwords.
>
> Jiang had secretly installed, in at least 14 Kinko's stores, software
> that logs individual keystrokes. He captured more than 450 user
> names and passwords, using them to access and even open bank accounts
> online.
>
>
> ....
>
> http://www.newsobserver.com/24hour/technology/story/949464p-6639783c.html
>
>                 --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb

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