BlackNet lives! Group sells confidential source code anonymously

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: July 15, 2004 11:48:08 AM EDT
To: politech () politechbot com
Subject: [Politech] BlackNet lives! Group sells confidential source  
code anonymously

This looks eerily like a working implementation of cypherpunk  
co-founder Tim May's BlackNet, which he described over a decade ago:
http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/tcmay.htm
http://www.cyphernet.org/cyphernomicon/chapter2/2.13.html

Looks like the real world is (finally) catching up to the cypherpunks.

-Declan

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http://news.com.com/Pssst--wanna+buy+some+source+code%3F/2100-7355_3 
-5269787.html

Pssst--wanna buy some source code?
Last modified: July 14, 2004, 4:17 PM PDT
By Robert Lemos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

A group of self-identified hackers has set up shop online to sell what  
it claims are files containing confidential software code--and it says  
it's ready to take orders for more.

The group, which calls itself the Source Code Club, is offering what  
seems to be the stolen source code for an older version of Enterasys  
Networks' Dragon intrusion detection system and Napster's client and  
server software. The price: $16,000 and $10,000, respectively.

As proof that it has the code, the group has put a listing of the files  
online. By using e-mail drops and encryption, the group believes that  
it can keep both the buyer's and its own identity secret.

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