Low-Tech Methods Used in Data Theft [real real low tech. Makes you wonder djf]

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Dave--
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> This makes the MBA hackers look like real technological geniuses, doesn't it?
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> John
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> Low-Tech Methods Used in Data Theft
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> By David Colker
> Times Staff Writer
>
> March 14 2005
>
> Executives at besieged information broker ChoicePoint Inc. have said they 
> had no idea how vulnerable the company was to the identity thieves who 
> recently tapped into personal data on 145,000 Americans, igniting a 
> national furor over privacy.
>
> The complete article can be viewed at:
> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-scam14mar14,0,2533939.story
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> Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

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