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Disclaimer: Acidus, Virgil, and the Interz0ne staff are in no way associated with this site. I put up this site to have a central location where links to information concerning the matter can be found.
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Lawsuit settled:
The Settlement: http://interz0ne.com/events/sttlment%20agree.html
Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31744.html
AP: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Card%20Readers%20Hacked
NLUG Thread: http://nlug.org/mail/nlug__2003_07/0144.html
Univ. Alabama'a Crimson White: http://www.cw.ua.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/07/16/3f14d00fdc379
Interz0ne's Press Realease: http://www.interz0ne.com/events/pr16jul2003.php
Update: Excellent article from Chilling Effects detailing the background, cease and desist letter, restraining order, and the settlement of the case, along with a very nice explaination of effects this case has.
Overcode's FAQ. (Site Down, Mirror here).
Slashdot feature which gives a good overview.
www.socialfreedom.net - An excellent site with most of Acidus's research.
http://se2600.org/acidus/ - Acidus's site.
http://cryptome.org/interz0ness.ppt - The powerpoint presentation.
Blackboard's statement concerning security.
The following links are from http://www.interz0ne.com :
Cease and desist order from Blackboard.
The complaint.
The restraining order.
Stories found around the internet...
April 14, 2003 -
CNET - news.com - John Borland
http://news.com.com/2100-1028-996836.html
http://ctv.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030415.gtblackapr15/tech/Technology/techBN/ctv-technology
April 15, 2003 -
The Register - John Leyden
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/30259.html
salon.com - Farhad Manjoo
http://www.law.uoregon.edu/faculty/shoar/041503/article6.pdf
bIPlog - Valentina Pasquali
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/biplog/archive/000830.html
April 16, 2003 -
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Andrea L. Foster
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/04/2003041601t.htm
April 17, 2003 -
AP - Mark Niesse
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2003-04-18-card-hack_x.htm
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/5655442.htm
http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0403/83728.html
http://www.msnbc.com/local/rtga/StudentbaFift.asp?cp1=1
http://loyolan.lmu.edu/Archives/4-23-03/Beyond%20the%20Bluff/story2.html
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/193/region/Student_hackers_are_a_blessing:.shtml
freedom-to-tinker.com - Edward W. Felten
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000367.html
April 18, 2003 -
kingnothing.com
http://www.kingnothing.com/archives/2003_04_18.php
Georgia Tech's Technique - Tim Cailloux
http://nique.net/issues/spring2003/2003-04-18/1.html
Opinions: http://nique.net/issues/spring2003/2003-04-18/14.html
April 21, 2003 -
eschoolnews.com
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/ssunreg.cfm?ArticleID=4367&ul=%2Fnews%2FshowStory%2Ecfm%3FArticleID%3D4367
Geek.com
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Apr/gee20030421019667.htm
April 23, 2003
Cornell Daily Sun - Michael Magolis
http://www.cornellsun.com/articles/8553/
http://www.eagle.american.edu/section.cfm/119/3/5373
Sun Staff - http://www.cornellsun.com/articles/8567/
April 24, 2003
Crimson White - Chris Otts
http://www.cw.ua.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/24/3ea771cd3d89f?template=pda
Our View - http://www.cw.ua.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/04/24/3ea76a93823c2?template=pda
April 25, 2003
vendingbiz.biz
http://www.vendingbiz.biz/index.php?story=563
wooster.com - Christopher Beck
http://www.wooster.edu/voice/20030425/news_4.html
May 7, 2003
dailyprincetonian.com - Lindsay McGregor
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2003/05/07/page3/
Various
Daily Illini - U-Wire - Michell Payne
http://www.dailyillini.com/apr03/apr28/news/stories/campus02.shtml
The Crimson - Harvard Paper - Kimberly A. Kicenuik
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=347623
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