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more on Bank loses tape with personal information on 90,000 customers
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:26:37 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Lee Revell <rlrevell () joe-job com> Date: January 12, 2006 2:53:32 PM EST To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com, shoop () iwiring netSubject: Re: [IP] Bank loses tape with personal information on 90,000 customers
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 12:31 -0500, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Dan Shoop <shoop () iwiring net> This actually happens all the time. The bank FedEx's or otherwise sends a tape, it get's lost ... In most all cases the data is encrypted.
What is infuriating to people is that it's not ALWAYS encrypted. If this stuff can make it onto backup tapes in the clear it it implies that these systems are shockingly insecure. They don't Fedex cash around in cardboard boxes, why on Earth is it legal for a bank to store someone's name and credit card in plan text on a backup tape or hard drive? Lee ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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