Colorado Researchers Crack Internet Chess Club

edpin writes "University of Colorado at Boulder students hacked the 30,000-plus-member Internet Chess Club as part of research funded by the National Science Foundation. With guidance from University of Colorado at Boulder computer security researcher John Black, two students reverse-engineered the service to up their ranks and steal passwords." Update: 10/10 23:05 GMT by T : Reader Bryan Rapp points out that this story duplicates the one posted last month -- sorry about that.

Re:Another dupe, timothy?

[Anonymous Coward]

The funny thing is, timothy posted both stories!

This isn't really useful...

[LegoEvan]

As I'm Bobby Fischer.

Will they never learn?

[Anonymous Coward]

It seems like only yesterday [slashdot.org] that the site was hacked, and now it has happened again?

Those admins need a good kick up the backside.

Slashdot fights evil

[Timesprout]

by influencing crackers to dupe [slashdot.org] their cracks, thus saving other organisations from their unwanted attention.

Re:Meanwhile...

[baywulf]

They need to use the high security password mechanism used on bank checks.

Re:Forget white hat and black hat...

[ElDuderino44137]

Don't you have to know how to commit a crime in order to stop folks from commiting crimes?

What you've said is paramount to saying that no sex education will keep us all virgins!!

Cheers,
-- The Dude

Such an august list of members

[cliffiecee]

Internet Chess Club has more than 30,000 members worldwide and claims Madonna, Nicolas Cage, Will Smith and Gary Kasparov as players.

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

security

[virtualone]

From TFA - "Unless you have a lot of experience, don't try to invent your own security system, it will just be broken"

instead, just bindly trust that handy cryphography API that came with your operating system
- (c) by the NSA

Re:Choice quote...

[Anonymous Coward]

My thought was that if this guy has so much experience and feels compelled to preach as an expert, why the hell is in academia? Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; and those who can't teach become professors.

Re:Such an august list of members

[dukeisgod]

Come on now, don't pick on Will Smith just because he's black...

Even in THIS dupe, it's the CHESS CLUB folks!

[Provocateur]

You'd think they'd unlock the keys to the playboy/Penthouse site and gain gold membership or something, folks, but nooooo....it hadda be the Chess Club.

To quote Homer's brain, That's it; I'm leaving.

Re:Web Programmers

[mrtroy]

Umm they were sniffing network traffic, not doing "injections"...

But keep on trucking web guru!

great news

[Pierre]

This is great! I forgot my password 6 months ago and I can't get anybody to reset it for me - I'll bet these guys have recovered it - woo hoo I can play chess again

Since when does "news for nerds"

[mark-t]

... include coverage of people who have nothing better to do with their time than cheat at a board game?

perhaps a grant could be applied

[SethJohnson]

I mean come on, this is a solvable problem.

Yes, I agree with you. Perhaps the National Science Foundation can dedicate next years grant to solving Slashdot's dupe problem instead of hacking into an internet chess club.