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...year-old Russian who claimed to have hacked into those files and filched those numbers. The FBI has since asked the company not to reveal whether that communication came by fax or e-mail, but the message was the same. "I found a security hole," the extortionist wrote. "Pay me $100,000...or I'll sell your cards...
Calling his bluff, eUniverse declined to pay and instead contacted the FBI. Maxus, it turned out, wasn't kidding: on Christmas Day, the so-called Maxus Credit Cards Datapipe went into service, offering Web surfers thousands of free, pilfered card numbers at the click of a mouse. It was only last week that a Web-security company alerted eUniverse to the existence of the site, which was quickly shut down. By then, though, 25,000 credit-card numbers had been given away. "Of the card numbers the FBI pulled off the site," says eUniverse vice president Brett Brewer, "a majority...
...stock market's wealth effect. "People have money," he says. "Why wouldn't they spend it?" If you're sitting on stock worth twice your dreams, it's unlikely that higher rates will keep you out of the mall. And consider: more folks can sell stock and pay cash for a boat, a car, even a house. If they don't have to borrow, interest rates are immaterial...
...cold, why not try swapping instead? At INTELLIBARTER.COM, members list everything from used CDs to elegant evening gowns in the hope that someone will offer them a desirable trade. You can read the listings for free, but in order to get a person's contact information, you must pay 35[cents] to 50[cents], using virtual "tokens" you buy on the site. A rival site, MRSWAP.COM, launches early next month. Look out, eBay...
...analysis. By contrast, an InsightExpress survey costs only about $1,000 and takes just a few days. The service provides its clients with survey templates on which to build an online questionnaire; they can choose respondents from 25 demographic groups, decide on a sample size and price, and pay by credit card. InsightExpress then attracts respondents through banner ads posted on appropriate websites. Within a day or two, everyone will have replied, allowing the clients to download the data--all nicely tabulated and graphically presented...