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Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start
From: Brian Barrios <bbarrios () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:24:02 -0500
Thomas C. Greene wrote:
On Saturday 11 March 2006 8:12 am, Florian Weimer wrote:Could anybody explain to me why this is called a "scandal"? This round of problems seems to be related to questionable customer activities, and is not exactly the bank's fault.The scandalous part is the fact that the identity of the outfit that caused this problem (OfficeMax suspected) is being withheld from the public.
Well, it's not just that... "the suspect that shall remain nameless" was presumably keeping pin numbers longer than necessary, which is against policy... Whoever suggested it was a phishing scam.... it wasn't. That seems clear from all the press coverage of an intrusion. Whoever suggested it was really nothing new is pretty correct... this happens all the time. The article is really getting more press because of the "rounding of the wagons" mentioned previously... also adding to the hipe is this Litan who says "This is the worst hack ever,"... clearly this Litan isn't aware of much if he thinks this is the worst ever.... $.02, -- Brian Barrios bbarrios () gmail com AIM: BrianBarrios1 _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start Technocrat (Mar 11)
- Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start Florian Weimer (Mar 11)
- Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start Technocrat (Mar 11)
- Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start Florian Weimer (Mar 11)
- Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start Technocrat (Mar 11)
- Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start Florian Weimer (Mar 11)
- Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start Thomas C. Greene (Mar 11)
- Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start Florian Weimer (Mar 11)
- Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Mar 11)
- Re: PIN Scandal "Worst Hack Ever;" Citibank Only The Start Brian Barrios (Mar 11)