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Re: Best Western Hotels Compromise: 8 Million Victims inWorld's Biggest C yber Heist
From: "Viktor Larionov" <viktor.larionov () salva ee>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:50:47 +0300
Well I would not tell that it's the biggest heist. Though Deutsche Telecom claims the loss of at least 4 million client data, some say that all of the 30 million Deutsche Telekom client records may have gone for a walk... There is a chance actually, well at least as far as I have seen call-centers I suppose that it is quite possible... http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3576869,00.html Regards, vik --- Viktor Larionov system administrator R&D team Salva Kindlustuse AS Pärnu mnt. 16 10141 Tallinn ESTONIA tel: (+372) 683 0636, (+372) 680 0500 fax: (+372) 680 0501 gsm: (+372) 5668 6811 viktor.larionov () salva ee -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:21 AM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] Best Western Hotels Compromise: 8 Million Victims inWorld's Biggest C yber Heist -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via The Sunday Herald. [snip] AN INTERNATIONAL criminal gang has pulled off one of the most audacious cyber-crimes ever and stolen the identities of an estimated eight million people in a hacking raid that could ultimately net more than £2.8billion in illegal funds. A Sunday Herald investigation has discovered that late on Thursday night, a previously unknown Indian hacker successfully breached the IT defences of the Best Western Hotel group's online booking system and sold details of how to access it through an underground network operated by the Russian mafia. It is a move that has been dubbed the greatest cyber-heist in world history. The attack scooped up the personal details of every single customer that has booked into one of Best Western's 1312 continental hotels since 2007. advertisement Amounting to a complete identity-theft kit, the stolen data includes a range of private information including home addresses, telephone numbers, credit card details and place of employment. [snip] More: http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2432225.0.0.php - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFIsLeEq1pz9mNUZTMRAtNEAKCbzFPAP3/2Jof7IpOgO1auXenZAQCffDPj Y2GohJhQEbZMpNh6VPlNfCs= =vpbf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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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