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Algomas Donating Member (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 09:46 PM
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About the rash of credit info thefts lately...
I just heard that B of A and Wachovia were hit by hackers who took the personal data on 500K customers. This is about the fourth or fifth time in the last few months this has occurred. Who do you suppose is behind this?
Personally, I smell a rat, a Homeland Security sort of rat. What could Bu$hco do with this data? My paranoia whispers that if a person were to step out of line too far, that person could be destroyed economically with a few keystrokes...
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 09:59 PM
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1. Nah, a different rat
The rash of ID thefts will be cited as proof that we need to move to biometric identifers or RFID implants because they're more secure.
Once that happens anyone can monitor our purchases, movements, etc with a high degree of accuracy and Homeland Security will know all.
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 10:00 PM
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2. How about this hacker break in?
From MSNBC
Feb. 27 — A computer security researcher accessed internal New York Times computer networks this week through the Internet and managed to view hundreds of sensitive Times files. Among them: a database of 3,000 Times op-ed page contributors.

The file contained Social Security numbers and other personal information belonging to luminaries like James Carville, James Baker, Larry Lessig, and Robert Redford. The researcher also got phone numbers for William F. Buckley Jr., Rush Limbaugh, Warren Beatty and Jimmy Carter. In a statement , the New York Times said it is investigating the problem.

<http://www.hypocrites.com/article3644.html>
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paula777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 12:28 PM
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9. WOW, I hadn't heard about this one - They got personal info on
very high profile people. Wonder who is behind it?
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Sydnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 10:01 PM
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3. Could be a "push" for the new "fingerprint" system
Let's just hope that you get YOUR fingerprints on file as you before they get their fingerprints on file as you. :sarcasm:
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 10:05 PM
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4. Our IT department left a gateway open for THREE weeks!
testing some vendor app. the desktop they were using was open and vunerable for 3 weeks. almost 12,000 employees and retireees with our shit hangin' in the breeze, ripe for whatever Kazaa-Kruzer happened by.

"Whoa, Dood! I was looking for tunes, and lookit THIS! names and SSN's!"
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Mizmoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-05 10:08 PM
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5. One place I worked for had an online credit app bug
It caused the data of the previous applicant to be displayed to the current applicant. Yeah, the social sec #, address, mother's maiden name - the whole shebang - was on display for all the net to see.

Cute.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 11:53 AM
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6. Heard about those.
One of the guys here saw that when doing on-line banking. He was seeing random names and account #'s. Called the bank, they said "Oh, we've been having some trouble with our web-page..."
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 12:17 PM
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7. Some cases didn't involve hackers
For Lexis-Nexis and ChoicePoint, the information wasn't stolen by hackers, it was SOLD by those companies to organizations that just happened to be fraudulent fronts.
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Kansas Wyatt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 12:23 PM
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8. Maybe the credit industry just wants everyone to have poor credit...
So nobody qualifies for rates under 30%.
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