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>On top of that, there were programs like A-O-Hell which let people circumvent payment Looked up AOHell on Wikipedia and landed on this interesting tidbit: >M
by spideymans 5y ago
>On top of that, there were programs like A-O-Hell which let people circumvent payment
Looked up AOHell on Wikipedia and landed on this interesting tidbit:
>Most notably, the program included a function for stealing the passwords of America Online users and, according to its creator, contains the first recorded mention of the term "phishing"
- dvtrn 5y agoI don’t know if I necessarily want to spill out all the details, but very early on for me AOL access came about when I discovered a way to “spoof” payments (not using A-O-Hell) via a checking account and routing number that AOL didn’t bother validating. That lasted for about a year, until one day my family got a visit from the local police and some government spooks who wanted to know “how did you get these account details?” Dad was furious. Wouldn’t let me around a computer until high school came along.