PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 895: Kiting Starbucks Cards
Unlike the Chris Roberts “hacking a plane” incident, finding a way to add money to your Starbucks gift cards illicitly is not a life-threatening event. Companies can learn a lesson from this incident, though.
Links:
- Hacker Informs Starbucks Of Gift Card Exploit; Starbucks Accuses Hacker Of Fraud And Maliciousness —Techdirt. “In a period of a couple of weeks we have already seen some rather strange stories about companies failing to make the best use of free secur
- Race Condition Exploit in Starbucks Gift Cards —Schneier on Security “A researcher was able to steal money from Starbucks by exploiting a race condition in their gift-card value-transfer protocol.”
- FBI Investigating Chris Roberts For Hacking Flight WiFi, Taking Control Of Engines —Techdirt. “I’ll be honest: when I wrote about Chris Roberts being detained by the FBI for tweeting about hacking his flight’s WiFi, I reacted with a great big eyeroll.
- FBI flight hacker claims queried by security experts - BBC News
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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 895: Kiting Starbucks Cards
