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Bot-wielding hackers crash eBay holiday giveaway

 

Published 12/4/2008 at The Register

eBay cares not eBay users are howling in protest after discovering hackers are using automated scripts to win hundreds of steeply discounted auctions as part of a holiday season contest designed to draw visitors to the site.… (link)

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