[117037] in Cypherpunks
Hackers Offered $50,000 To Crack E-Mail Encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Reynolds)
Wed Aug 25 16:14:44 1999
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<title>Hackers Offered $50,000 To Crack E-Mail Encryption</title>
<h2>Hackers Offered $50,000 To Crack E-Mail Encryption</h2>
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<p>LONDON (Reuters) - A London-based Internet company is
offering $50,000 to anyone who can hack into its high-security
service, which includes self-destructing e-mails.<p>Global Market says th=
e encryption on its 1on1 service is
unbreakable within a reasonable period of time, and it is
putting its money where its mouth is.<p>``There are other companies offer=
ing security, not quite to
the same extent as us, and not to the same level of security.
Nobody else offers the self-destruct e-mail,'' Steven James, the
company's technical director, told Reuters.<p>The special security featur=
e called autoshredder allows a
user to order an e-mail to delete itself at a specific time from
the recipient's computer. When it is deleted there is no trace
of the message.<p>It is designed to prevent e-mails with personal or
confidential information from going astray or getting into the
wrong hands. The system also tells recipients when the mail is
received and when it is opened.<p>``We guarantee mail will be delivered, =
and we guarantee its
security as well and its tracking,'' said James.
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