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pchang is offline pchang
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Aug 1999
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Sponsored Hacking? Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

As you all know, Priceline is a travel site where you submit bids for plane tickets, hotels, rental cars, etc.

1) Well, www.biddingfortravel.com is a site where people share their information about what bids got accepted and what you got at Priceline.com. This practice reduces Priceline's profits by providing the information that allows Priceline's bidders to make more intelligent bids (i.e. lower bids that still win). This site was taken down by hackers over Memorial day weekend for a few days.
2) www.jcwhitney.com (a popular car parts web site) was hijacked so their front page displayed lowestfare.com instead. lowestfare.com is owned by Priceline.

Why would hackers do things to benefit a corporate entity like Priceline? Could they have been paid by someone? Trading volume on Priceline (PCLN) has seen some spikes in the last week or so. I wonder if something is up. What do you guys think?
bipolarbear is offline bipolarbear
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planet is offline planet
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May 2005
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The Money must be good.
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Feb 2004
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Got spare money?

Maybe there are stocks too, but yeah ultimately money.
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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Donate to the Red Cross		 The City State of Noosphere, CPA special envoy
May 1999
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Interesting.

Yeah, it does sound some corporate entity paid the crackers to break in.
Kuciwalker is offline Kuciwalker
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Hoh, Reminds me of Cyberpunk...
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
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Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

Nah, nobody is plugging a deck into his (or her) head yet...
chegitz guevara is offline chegitz guevara
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL Communist Party of Apolyton
Jun 2000
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Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

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