Re: Choicepoint [was: Re: Break-In At SAIC Risks ID Theft]
Update: ChoicePoint's problem could affect up to 400,000 now. Identity Theft Bigger Than First Thought: http://www.wgst.com/cc-common/local_news_common.html? ID=20050217034315feed=local -Jim P. On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 20:15 +, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: Yes, this _is_ much worse. :-/ Thinking out loud here, but one's imagination runs wild at the prospect of how much it will take before more credence is given to a serious top-to-bottom security infrastructure revamp. And holding these firms $responsible_ ... $.02, - ferg -- Rich Kulawiec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It gets worse: Database giant gives access to fake firms http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6969799/ ---Rsk -- Fergie, a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Choicepoint [was: Re: Break-In At SAIC Risks ID Theft]
It gets worse: Database giant gives access to fake firms http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6969799/ ---Rsk
Re: Choicepoint [was: Re: Break-In At SAIC Risks ID Theft]
Yes, this _is_ much worse. :-/ Thinking out loud here, but one's imagination runs wild at the prospect of how much it will take before more credence is given to a serious top-to-bottom security infrastructure revamp. And holding these firms $responsible_ ... $.02, - ferg -- Rich Kulawiec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It gets worse: Database giant gives access to fake firms http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6969799/ ---Rsk -- Fergie, a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Choicepoint [was: Re: Break-In At SAIC Risks ID Theft]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: | | Yes, this _is_ much worse. :-/ | | Thinking out loud here, but one's imagination runs | wild at the prospect of how much it will take before | more credence is given to a serious top-to-bottom security | infrastructure revamp. | | And holding these firms $responsible_ ... Not likely. This is totally off-the-cuff noise, but I find it much more credible that there was no criminal break in at Choicepoint. This is Choicepoint pre-explaining how certain records got into unauthorsied hands. Choicepoint/Seisint is a pretty controversial outfit, and pretty much always has been. Just google for big-boss Hank Asher This whole outfit smells to high heaven. How this is germane to nanog, I'm not too sure. my .01 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCEl8P0STXFHxUucwRAskiAJ913AgOuhCxojOJI8WeCCWfeGbF3ACeL6sU +r8xJ56qhmiamYUpcqXkkRs= =KCvy -END PGP SIGNATURE-
