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Charge It To Bill Gates

Gates' credit card hacked online

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Hackers Get Bill Gates' Credit Card

by Dave Murphy
ISSN 1535-3613

Dave Murphy, ITrain founder Raphael Gray may style himself the white hatted "Saint of E-Commerce," but he's got a lot of explaining to do after he and another 18-year old friend were arrested for holding the credit card account number of Microsoft's Bill Gates, the world's richest man.

Gray, 18, and a friend, hacked into 9 e-commerce sites and stole credit card information related to 26,000 people in the United States, Canada, Thailand, Japan, and Britain. Gates' information was emailed to NBCi, a subsidiary of the National Broadcasting Company.

They were caught by a joint investigation of the Federal Bureau of investigation, Welsh police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Internet security consultants. Significant assistance was provided by the international banking and credit card industry.

The total losses attributable to Gray's online pranks could exceed $3 million, according to the FBI.

Gray says he is actually the good guy. He said "I just wanted to prove how insecure these sites are. I have done the honest thing, but I have been ignored." Well sorry buddy, but you're not being ignored anymore. I support investigating how you hacked into the sites and then sending you up to the bench for a judicial review.

Gray and his pal used the screen name "Curador," which is custodian in Welsh. Both young men were released on bail.

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