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Ticket scalpers go high tech and big bucks with $25 million profit.

« on: March 02, 2010, 05:09:46 AM »

Ever lose your chance to purchase those ever important, once in a lifetime Miley Cyrus tickets?

Blame Wiseguys! They found a way to game the reCaptcha system by generating fake requests on Facebook to obtain the captcha IDs. They obtained all the system captchas, solved them, and then used a massive botnet to purchase tickets to music and sporting events. Genius.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/wiseguys-indicted/


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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 06:40:22 AM »

Whoa, that's pretty damn clever Shocked


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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 08:04:42 AM »

Quote from: zeroflaw on March 02, 2010, 06:40:22 AM

Whoa, that's pretty damn clever Shocked

Makes you wonder why we didn't think of it first, eh? Without the " unethical hacking" part.


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« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 08:11:43 AM »

Creative thinking...


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« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2010, 09:35:45 AM »

I can't stand scalpers. I think it's time to crack down on these a-holes and put them out of business.


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« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2010, 07:03:16 PM »

One thing that I notice decidedly low tech about this is that they used cutouts to actually make the ticket purchases. If not for the reselling, this could potentially have been marketed as a service for people who wanted to get great seats. As in: subscribe with us and we'll get you in the queue to get a better shot at premium tickets than you'd have otherwise. Instead of doing something useful (and questionably legal) they just crossed clear over the line to do something patently illegal.