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ATM theft using an MP3 player
I saw this on the NEISG mailing list a while back…just came across it again. A thief plugged an MP3 player into the phone line of an ATM and recorded the sounds. From there he was able to decipher card numbers and expiration dates. Apparently they were either not encrypted or weakly encrypted. My bet [...]
Continue reading...VA loses another PC…36,000 at risk
8. August 2006
This makes twice in 3 months that the VA has lost the personal information of our veterans. This time a PC was apparently stolen from the offices of a contractor (Unisys) who was doing insurance work for the VA. See the story at SearchSecurity.com I’d hat to be their CISO (if they have one)….that’ll be one hot [...]
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7. December 2006
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