“This is massive,” said Paul Martini, chief executive officer of Iboss, a cybersecurity firm. “This overshadows any other breach that we’ve seen to date — not just the volume, the size, but the type of data that was in that database.”
“This is massive,” said Paul Martini, chief executive officer of Iboss, a cybersecurity firm. “This overshadows any other breach that we’ve seen to date — not just the volume, the size, but the type of data that was in that database.”
Luckily the executives sold their stock before they broke the news.
The internet has been good in many ways but I do remember the days before the internet. Things were just fine. We somehow managed to survive. haha
If it turns out that those three execs sold the stock after learning about the hack, they should spend a significant amount of time in prison. That is reprehensible.
more proof a brand new VERY LIMITED ACCESS parallel digital network needs to be created from scratch. linking the really big players, govt, banks, megacorps, etc. ONLY the really big boys whose vaults contain the lowdown on EVERYONE.
packets are 256 bit encrypted up the wazzoo etc etc. ya ya, not perfect but nothing humahns come up with ever is. physical *and* technical *and* legal barriers abound.
conspiracists claim its the anti malware crowd blocking this because it would hamper their revenue stream.
p.s. this is why I do NOT and never have had a Fakebook account, NEVER use my cr card online, etc.
Expect increasing frequency in the age of social justice education. Security, privacy, competence, just hackneyed talking points of the racist imperialist past.
If it’s on a computer it will be leaked.
Everything will be hacked.
It’s kind of the peneplane concept for IT.
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mrs neo had her mastercard used for purchases in the united states just recently. mastercard caught it and sent her a new card. a few days later, a gentleman with an indian accent called her up, saying he was from mastercard security and asking her to email him details about her new card.
it sounded hinky, so she called mastercard, who confirmed it wasn’t them. they then advised her to contact equifax to let them know someone was trying to spoof her identity and has her home phone number too.
she called equifax and they wanted all her info, social insurance, etc… looks like the bad guys have all that now too.
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Nah … FEDERAL (pound you in the a**) PRISON is reserved for Martha Stewart. The REAL criminals go free.
NEO has a point,
I am going to ask my credit card companies to issue me new numbers on Monday.
If the criminals have the wrong information, it is useless.
This won’t stop them from opening phony accounts, but it closes off the easiest crimes.
it does not matter what it may be, if man can make it, man can break it.
Equifax is absolutely the worst firm I’ve ever had to deal with for any reason in my entire life. I’ve never liked anything about them.
The thing is, in Canada, you only need date of birth, social insurance number and a person’s name to steal their identity. You log into Equifax or TransUnion and memorize the credit history and go out into the world and fill out your application (for credit card, phone etc). The person taking down the info checks Equifax or TransUnion and if it matches you get the money. Kind of a Mickey Mouse system really.