For Immediate Release Contact: Sameer Parekh sameer@c2.org 510-601-9777 (pager: 510-321-1014) COMMUNITY CONNEXION TO OFFER REWARD FOR REVEALING HOLES IN ECASH October 23, 1995 - Community ConneXion, an internet privacy provider in Berkeley, California, announced the extension of its existing "Hack" contests to the electronic cash system announced today by Digicash bv and Mark Twain Bank. "The ecash deployment an important step towards making internet commerce more than just a curiosity," said Sameer Parekh, President of Community ConneXion. The contest is meant, as with the other "Hack" promotions being run by Community ConneXion, to encourage the examination of the security of the ecash system so as to reveal holes before they are exploited by a criminal element. Community ConneXion hopes that the inquiry being done into the security of these products results in a secure infrastructure for the new paradigms provided by internet commerce. "All internet commerce systems thus far released have been based in old, out-of-date, insecure technology, such as credit cards. DigiCash is the first revolutionary system which can change the way we do business," said Parekh. "If the move to internet commerce does not radically improve the way people do business, then we have not taken full advantage of the potential inherent in the technology." Details regarding the Hack DigiCash promotion are available on Community ConneXion's webserver at http://www.c2.org/hackecash/. Contest submissions should be sent to hackecash@c2.org. Community ConneXion is the premier internet privacy ISP. They offer anonymous accounts, remailers, and psuedonym servers, in addition to the standard ISP fare of webspace and dialup IP access. Information is available from http://www.c2.org/ or from sending email to info@c2.org. Ecash, DigiCash, Cyberbucks, and Mark Twain Bank are trademarks of their respective owners. This promotion is not affiliated with DigiCash bv nor Mark Twain Bank.