IP: the results of a failure of the educational system

[David Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

     Teen Hackers Don't Cover Tracks
  
     BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Five teens were smart enough to break
  into a computer security program to obtain credit card numbers
  - then naively had merchandise bought with the stolen numbers
  shipped to their own doorsteps, police said. The five juveniles
  solved online security encryption to steal as many as 25 credit
  card numbers and used them to buy thousands of dollars' worth of
  electronic equipment, police said.