Posted on 01/17/2014 8:30:56 AM PST by Olog-hai
The holiday data breach at Target Corp. appeared to be part of a broad and highly sophisticated international hacking campaign against multiple retailers, according to a report prepared by federal and private investigators that was sent to financial-services companies and retailers. […]
Parts of the malicious computer code used against Target’s credit-card readers had been on the Internet’s black market since last spring and were partly written in Russian, people familiar with the report said. Both details suggest the attack may have ties to organized crime in the former Soviet Union, former U.S. officials said. …
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I’m amazed that the NSA database isn’t partially funded with stolen credit card funds. It’s not like they don’t have the account numbers and PINs.
organized crime in the former Soviet Union?...Send in your drones, Obama!
If Russian hackers could access millions of credit cards for identity theft from a reasonably secure system imagine what they could get from the Obamacare web site that is virtually wide open.
Yeah. That's got a shot. Bullies never mess with guys who might put a real hurting on them.
“If Russian hackers could access millions of credit cards for identity theft from a reasonably secure system imagine what they could get from the Obamacare web site that is virtually wide open.”
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How do we know they haven’t done so already? ;-(
Why do you rule that out?
We spend billions working to find out stuff that was known a decade ago. Why this country isn’t already a smoking crater can only be explained by the notion that intact, there is so much wealth to rip off here that it’s vastly more intelligent to keep us alive. We’re the world’s golden tumor.
Forget Target, beware of your ice box!
The Obama spying on America expands to your kitchen!!!
:)
There is no limit to the Zero’s deceit.
Is there any surprise? I thought it was always thought that Russian and Eastern European computer programmers were the best. Because they learned on obsolete equipment and didn’t have as much software to depend on, they developed very strong skills. I don’t know if that stereotype holds up today, as they get more advanced equipment.
It totally creeps me out that a beam is leaving my house every few minutes, monitoring my use of water. Consumers don't have any choice about switching over to the new system.
First is never use microsoft servers facing the Internet. Use an operating system designed forty years ago; There a number of ways to secure your data.
designed to operate safely in a hostile environment.
the gas and electric people are doing similar things to your home (or soon will)
pretty soon your house is going to be sending at least 69 intelligence signals all about you into Obama’s NSA headquarters
a sensor on your ice box
a sensor on your toaster
a sensor on your toilet
a sensor on your electric meter
a sensor on your gas meter
a sensor on your water meter
a sensor in your tv
a sensor in your bed
a sensor above your bed
of course, all your purchases are monitored
as are all your emails
all your online postings
and all your snail-mail envelopes, too
OH YES! your car is spying on you in real time
as is your cellphone.
Transforming America! Yippee!
ps: please make your show interesting/exciting/sexy/stimulating for the nice NSA monitor people, they must get awfully bored watching me! ha!
“I thought it was always thought that Russian and Eastern European computer programmers were the best.”
Asians seem to be very prone to an OCD-like personality that is crucial for raw programming and engineering.
Western Europeans seem to be more laid back and creative types.
Eastern Europeans seem more likely to have mix of both. The best programmers/engineers are obsessive with detail and also creative. Some of the best programmers, engineers and chess players are from there.
Unfortunately, these types also tend to be either greedy or self destructive due to their perception of the world. Hence the incredible amount of corruption and addiction in Russia, Ukraine etc.
ps: also get ready for drones to follow you around town, too:
Me too. It's amazing that those of us who have nothing to hide are the most irritated about living in a fishbowl.
Not enough people have registered yet to make it worthwhile. /s
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