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account numbers of 21 million people illegally in circulation
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 00:12:37 -0600 (CST)
http://www.wiwo.de/unternehmer-maerkte/kontonummern-von-21-millionen-buergern-illegal-im-umlauf-380382/ [Google translation from German to English. - WK] Wirtschaftswoche 06.12.2008 On the black market for personal data after searching the business week, the bank accounts of 21 million German citizens in circulation. Then, in extreme cases, three out of four households in Germany fear that money deducted from her checking account, without ever that they have given a direct debit. Dusseldorf magazine was the gigantic amount of data for almost twelve million euros offered. A CD with 1.2 million customers received the Business Week as a model. In addition to the Personal details such as dates of birth include the records with the bank account number and bank code, in some cases even more detailed information on assets. The Duesseldorf prosecutor in the week, the explosive economic data on Thursday passed, must now clarify how so many account numbers illegally in circulation could. According to Business Week first traces lead almost completely on small call center operators. To serve mainly to highly competitive mass markets such as telecommunications, power or cable television many suppliers almost exclusively external service providers and call centers. These receive the relevant customer data in part by the client. Turn the service providers for their subcontractors, lost control over the data sometime in nothingness. [...] _______________________________________________ Help InfoSecNews.org with a donation! http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.html
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