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Wednesday, 27. November 1996

Czech hackers allegedly rob banks

From "Central & East European Secure Systems Strategies (CEESSS)" with permission of the copyright holder:

Secret incidents of hackers' attacks upon Czech banks and release of Czech citizens' personal information by Steven Slatem <sslatem@intellitech.cz> Copyright (c) 1996 IntelliTech

Hackers stole 50 million Kc ($1.9 million) during attacks upon unnamed Czech banks and, in another incident, obtained and posted to BBSs a file of Czech citizens' personal information, we learned in an interview at INVEX (Brno, 22 -- 26. October) with Jiri Mrnustik, CEO of the Brno-based anti-virus and encryption software developer AEC s.r.o.// (ss961112-002) (630 words) (STS)

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[To preempt our esteemed moderator, I will immediately warn readers that the facts will have to be Czeched before giving credence to this report.]

M. E. Kabay, Ph.D. / Director of Education National Computer Security Association (NCSA)/ http://www.ncsa.com [Mich Kabay <75300.3232@CompuServe.COM> via risks-digest Volume 18, Issue 64]
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