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StormPay

StormPay of TN was an electronic money auction payment processor run by Stormpay Incorporated, a Clarksville, Tennessee, United States company founded in October 2002. It allowed anyone with an e-mail address to buy or sell StormPay Auction items after opening an online account. For a prolonged period spanning February 8 to 10, 2006, the StormPay website was again unavailable due to a DDOS attack. Being a registered company, records were filed with the Tennessee Department of State and open to public viewing. StormPay was not a member of the Better Business Bureau, although it generated more complaints to BBB than any other Middle Tennessee or Southern Kentucky business.

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StormPay of TN was an electronic money auction payment processor run by Stormpay Incorporated, a Clarksville, Tennessee, United States company founded in October 2002. It allowed anyone with an e-mail address to buy or sell StormPay Auction items after opening an online account. For a prolonged period spanning February 8 to 10, 2006, the StormPay website was again unavailable due to a DDOS attack. Being a registered company, records were filed with the Tennessee Department of State and open to public viewing. StormPay was not a member of the Better Business Bureau, although it generated more complaints to BBB than any other Middle Tennessee or Southern Kentucky business.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 2002 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2002". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375038336

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