Author: Softpedia News (Lucian Constantin)

  • CAPTCHA-Breaking Botnet Used to Snatch Up Premium Tickets

    The perpetrators of a ticket fraud operation that made use of a botnet to subvert protection mechanisms enforced by ticket vendors were indicted earlier this week. The dedicated network of computers spread across the U.S. ran software that impersonated legit buyers and solved CAPTCHA tests.

    It’s a well known fact that in order… (read more)