Two student hackers, accused of breaking into Blackboard's debit card payment system, settled with the company yesterday with a statement that they never built a device to defeat the system. "They actually didn't do a lot of the things they were claiming to do," Blackboard spokesman Michael Stanton told AP. "They knew full well the claims they were making were silly. They're obviously bright young guys, but a little misguided in where they were focusing their attention." They will also perform 40 hours of community service, which is an odd penalty to receive if, in fact, they did not actually hack the system. This whole settlement is odd, in fact, and stretches the bounds of credulity.
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