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Re: Re: Is the Bottom Line Impacted by Security Breaches?
From: bkfsec <bkfsec () sdf lonestar org>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:22:10 -0400
Michael Holstein wrote:
Of course, the other problem is that credit cards aren't fast food restaurants. Most people can't just decide to get another credit card, not that any other company is much different.One would hear about such loss from publicly traded companies, similar tothe 4% loss in Q2/2005 due to the Wendy's chili case.And hopefully .. once they go public .. they'll be held a bit more accountable.
The "variety" of credit card companies is a joke. They all suck on this level and, as such, going through the headaches of trying to get another account just to get out of an assumption of compromise of your data is problematic.
Even then most credit card companies, once you close your account, will still take charges to the account at least for a certain period of time. So, why change horses when there's no guarantee of decreased exposure? That's the big question, and the primary reason why the comparison is flawed.
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- Re: Re: Is the Bottom Line Impacted by Security Breaches? bkfsec (Sep 29)
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