This is off topic. Having said that...
(1) Anyone can phone,mail, input in a credit card and purchase. It
leaves a trail and that's what deters most (except Nigeria who has made it
a state sponsored activity and teaches the tricks of the trade in their
high schools. So the concern is valid.
(2) Tell me again what interest the FBI has, other than law
enforcement? I forget which conspiracy theory we're currently working off
of... this is Friday.
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Nick Keenan wrote:
> What I find interesting about this case was that he "intended" to sell the
> credit card numbers -- he had not been successful. Despite the widespread
> fear, I don't see the numbers themselves being terribly valuable. Think of
> how many people you give your credit card number to without thinking --
> cashiers, waiters, order-takers, etc. How often do you read about a
> cashier who spends a year collecting credit card numbers and then
> absconding to Rio? Never.
>
> Note that his press release (like most) was put out by a company with a
> product to sell. CSI is trying to get you to shell out for their "Special
> Report." Like the FBI, they are engaging in fear-mongering to further
> their own interests.
>
> >> Carlos Salgado, Jr. pleaded guilty on Monday to four of five counts in a
> >>federal indictment accusing him of hacking systems to gather credit card
> >>information which he intended to sell on the black market. When Mr.
> Salgado
> >>was arrested, he had in his possession an encrypted CD-ROM containing
> roughly
> >>100,000 credit card numbers stolen from companies doing business over the
> >>Internet. The Computer Security Institute has published the "CSI Special
> >>Report on the Salgado Case" which details the case and provides some
> insights
> >>into the "dark side of electronic commerce." [Computer Security Institute,
> >>Richard Power, editorial director, 415-905-2310, www.gocsi.com]
>
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