online bill paying gets riskier

[max]

Hackers are starting to target online payment services. Included is a
link to a story about CheckFree.com, whose domain name got hijacked.
Not too much damage done, simply because of the short exposure before
the problem was corrected. If the hackers had redirected to a spoof
page instead of a blank page, the exploit wold likely have gone on far
longer before being detected.

<http://tinyurl.com/5rxndj> or

<http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/12/hackers_hijacked_la
rge_e-bill.html?hpid=sec-tech>

.max

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In article <betatron-F05186...@news.ftupet.com>,
beta...@gmail.com says...

> Hackers are starting to target online payment services. Included is a
> link to a story about CheckFree.com, whose domain name got hijacked.
> Not too much damage done, simply because of the short exposure before
> the problem was corrected. If the hackers had redirected to a spoof
> page instead of a blank page, the exploit wold likely have gone on far
> longer before being detected.
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/5rxndj> or
>
> <http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/12/hackers_hijacked_la
> rge_e-bill.html?hpid=sec-tech>
>
> .max
>
>

will obama stop this activity?

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max wrote:

> Hackers are starting to target online payment services. Included is a
> link to a story about CheckFree.com, whose domain name got hijacked.
> Not too much damage done, simply because of the short exposure before
> the problem was corrected. If the hackers had redirected to a spoof
> page instead of a blank page, the exploit wold likely have gone on far
> longer before being detected.

> <http://tinyurl.com/5rxndj> or

> <http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/12/hackers_hijacked_la
> rge_e-bill.html?hpid=sec-tech>

> .max

Why would you use an online payment service? If you have a bank account,
paying bills online thru your bank is usually free, easy, and the bank
protects you.

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