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1 posted on 06/21/2005 8:59:48 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: Golden Eagle

FYI - More wonderful publicity for Microsoft.


2 posted on 06/21/2005 9:00:17 PM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: HAL9000

Lame.

Blaming your firewall and/or policy failures on *any* OS infrastructure is just plain lame.


3 posted on 06/21/2005 9:03:06 PM PDT by Ramius
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To: HAL9000

It's probably more like blaming Ford for someone driving an Expedition into someone's house, or blaming Colt for some gangsta getting capped.


4 posted on 06/21/2005 9:03:33 PM PDT by JustAnotherOkie
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To: HAL9000
"...eight out of 10 "senior-level professionals" in Washington, DC, thought that lawmakers weren't doing enough to keep consumer data safe."

What the h*ll are politicians supposed to do about flawed software? Are they personally now supposed to fix the security holes in Microsoft software?

(Why does everything that's broken need a new law in order for it to be fixed??)

6 posted on 06/21/2005 9:05:37 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (L'chaim!)
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To: HAL9000
Come on, Hal.  I've seen you post a lot of anti-MS stuff before ... are you saying NO other OS would have a security breach.  Bit of a stretch, don't you think?
8 posted on 06/21/2005 9:07:03 PM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
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To: HAL9000

The credit card companies are very explicit about what data you can hold onto, and what data you cannot retain. I do not keep a record of my customer's CC info (I do recurring billing) on ANY machine that is EVER connected to the Internet. Period.


9 posted on 06/21/2005 9:07:26 PM PDT by ikka
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To: HAL9000
MBNA, one of the largest US credit card issuers, said it has received information from CardSystems about exposed customer accounts. The company won't contact the individuals affected but is keeping a close eye on the compromised accounts, said an MBNA spokesman.

This ought to be flat-out illegal. Victims, or potential victims of fraud should be notified.

10 posted on 06/21/2005 9:07:30 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: HAL9000

Just the latest in a string of security f**kups. Bank of America, Wachovia, LexisNexis, and more.

The problem isn't Microsoft, though their swiss cheese software contributes. No one takes security very seriously, except of course when they're the victim of a lapse, in which case they always get enraged and blame everyone except themselves.

Meanwhile, it pays to be paranoid. Very paranoid.


11 posted on 06/21/2005 9:09:53 PM PDT by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: HAL9000
Are guns responsible for murders?

Microsoft software is a tool. In the proper hands (someone very Microsoft savvy), IT CAN BE SECURED.

14 posted on 06/21/2005 9:21:42 PM PDT by xrp (Fox News Channel should rename itself the Missing Persons Network)
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To: HAL9000

Due to the nature of the information available at CardSystems, the OS is irrelevant. The data being sought was highly treasured by the criminals, and they would have tried to find a way in no matter what OS was being run.


18 posted on 06/21/2005 9:27:43 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: HAL9000

Before anyone bashes MS or anyone else Cardsystems voilated Visa/MC rules under their card holder security programs. They kept data on cardholders that thyey weren't allowed to keep or even see !


25 posted on 06/21/2005 9:51:54 PM PDT by america-rules
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CardSystems held onto records that it should have discarded, and it stored transaction data in unencrypted form, she said.

doh!

27 posted on 06/21/2005 9:59:57 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: HAL9000; zeugma; xrp; Ramius; xroadie; nhoward14; John W; Terpfen; CurlyDave

In the time of the "Wild West", a horse thief would be hung. The rational being that if you stole a man's horse, you took away his ability to feed himself.

In this day and age, your credit is the way you feed, clothe, house, and get medical care (just the short list). So why aren't the bastards doing this hung? This is what the politicians need to address.

And for every instance of credit theft, the company that didn't take security seriously should have to pay $10,000. to each of the victims. Forty million customers x $10,000. = a whole lot of incentive to tighten up security.


28 posted on 06/21/2005 10:09:42 PM PDT by anonsquared
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To: HAL9000
In addition, a study commissioned by Adobe Systems and RSA Security found that eight out of 10 "senior-level professionals" in Washington, DC, thought that lawmakers weren't doing enough to keep consumer data safe. How in the world do these wunderkind expect Congress to do what is, essentially, a technical issue outside of their purview?
33 posted on 06/21/2005 10:46:30 PM PDT by Frumious Bandersnatch
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To: HAL9000

I don't know if anything MS was involved, but I for one don't want IIS 5 anywhere near my personal data. I might accept IIS 6 in a heavily locked-down configuration though.


36 posted on 06/22/2005 6:42:45 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: HAL9000
The probe also found that the Atlanta-based payment processor did not meet MasterCard's security regulations. CardSystems held onto records that it should have discarded, and it stored transaction data in unencrypted form...

Then why did they have the business? In other words, they outsourced the work and had absolutely zero control over how the transactions were being processed and how the data for same were stored. This mishap is  just the tip, tip, tip of the iceberg, just the tip.

46 posted on 06/23/2005 9:34:51 PM PDT by Chief_Joe (From where the sun now sits, I will fight on -FOREVER!!!)
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