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AIM Jacking on Macintosh Systems (2001)

remember the PC indent exploit that also allowed users to jack AOL Instant Messenger screen names. This was accomplished by changing the language code using the uni_next_atom_typed atom.

This is ironic, because when BMB discovered how to steal AIMs on PC's, he did it the same way that Hypah originally did on Macintoshs: by changing the language code. Hypah, greatly disturbed by the rising number of people bragging over their "elite" three character AIM screen names, decided to take action. If that way did not work, he could also send the language code "a " (note the space after 'a') and "bc" as the AIM name.

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