Re: can't get to the hackers? sue the banks instead.

[Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 12:45:28PM -0400, The Security Community wrote:
> Didn't the press used to call it "credit card fraud" before "teh
> Internets" came along?  Calling it "identity theft" seems to shift the
> focus to the victim instead of the merchants and banks, where it
> belongs.

As I saw the other day (and can't re-locate at the moment, so please
forgive the lack of link and proper attribution, and the paraphrasing):

        Customer: So, someone claimed to be me?
        Bank: Yes.
        Customer: And they successfully fooled you?
        Bank: Yes.
        Customer: And you gave them some of your money?
        Bank: Yes
        Customer: Good luck solving YOUR problem.

---Rsk

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