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Teenager uses adult's password to make $3.53 million in eBay bids
Incident Date: May 24 2002 Incident Location: OH USA A 13-year-old boy used the eBay account and password belonging to a friend’s mother to win auctions totaling about $3.53 million on May 24, 2002. He made the purchases on the Internet using computers in his science class at Beaver Middle School in Ohio. Items the boy attempted to purchase include a helicopter (at $1.94 million), a jet (at $351,528), a pick-up truck, and motorbikes. The woman found out about the purchases made from her account when she was contacted by the owner of the helicopter to discuss payment terms. The woman cancelled the transactions. Authorities have not charged the boy, but he was disciplined by school officials Story Sources Title: Boy buys jet, helicopter Author: Date: 6/4/2002 Publication: Publication Location: Australia Publication URL: http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4445704%255E401,00.html Title: 13-year-old 'used school computer to buy eBay copter and jet' Author: Date: 5/31/2002 Publication: Publication Location: Publication URL: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_599748.html?menu=news.latestheadlines Do you have additional information to contribute regarding this story? If so, please email siteupdates@passwordresearch.com with the details and source.
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