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Re: Mastercard problems


From: Michael Hallgren <m.hallgren () free fr>
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:04:12 +0100

Le mercredi 08 décembre 2010 à 14:23 -0800, andrew.wallace a écrit :
"MasterCard works closely with the 
U.S. Secret Service, the FBI, the Postal Inspection Service, Interpol, 
Europol and counterpart organizations throughout the world to facilitate investigation and prosecution."

http://www.mastercard.com/us/merchant/security/collaborating_experts.html

Sure, and fortunately,... but that's about fraud prevention...

mh


Andrew




----- Original Message -----
From:James Downs <egon () egon cc>
To:andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace () rocketmail com>
Cc:Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>; "nanog () nanog org" <nanog () nanog org>
Sent:Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 21:30:20
Subject:Re: Mastercard problems


On Dec 8, 2010, at 12:30 PM, andrew.wallace wrote:

I would say the attack falls under the jurisdiction of the US secret service since this is an attack on the 
financial system.

"Today the agency's primary investigative mission is to safeguard the payment and financial systems of the United 
States." --- secretservice.gov

Yikes.. you consider a private company's business to be the financial and payment system of the United States?

-j



      





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