On SmartyPig, users share savings goals with friends, and the site withdraws money from their checking account each month.
Julieta Aranda and Anton Vidokle, the artists who founded Time/Bank, call it "a platform that enables people to get things done without using money" — indeed, to this day the bank is still functioning, globally, with more than a thousand users who deposit time into the Time/Bank Web site and withdraw it in the form of skills performed by others.
Once the user enters their password, the attacker can access the account on the real site and withdraw funds, start new accounts, and generally wreck financial havoc.
Most vendors and users have, however, been able to access the site and withdraw funds.
The following weekend, the authorities ordered video sites to withdraw the film, and news organizations took down their coverage.
The F.B.I. has contacted another Web site about the video, she said, and that site voluntarily withdrew it.
When North American Site Developers withdrew from the project, the arrangement with the other two companies collapsed because only North American Site Developers had the adequate financial strength for the job, several people involved in the deal said.
The American military command said it was treating the report as disinformation, and even the Baath Web site later withdrew it.
Plans for an £8m waterfront museum dedicated to Southampton's transport heritage have stalled after its proposed site was withdrawn.
Several large businesses, including the Sun newspaper, energy company EDF, communications giant BT and optical retailer Specsavers, are among those to have distanced themselves from the site by withdrawing adverts.
