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BlackNet lives! Group sells confidential source code anonymously
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:48:08 -0400
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 --- 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.comA 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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