[Dataloss] Olympic Funding Chicago?

Adam Shostack adam at homeport.org
Fri Mar 3 08:04:14 EST 2006


While I'm tempted to agree, I don't think there's nearly enough
information in the single media report to say "This has the smell of
an inside job ALL OVER it."

On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 04:28:08AM -0500, blitz wrote:
| Hard drives alone like that would make one think it was a well planned job.
| Someone wanted that specific information, and its a LOT easier to put a couple
| hard drives in your pocket than take the whole computer. Whole bunches less
| conspicious.
| Whoever did this had a specific target and knew what they wanted...do doubt
| about it.
| With hard drives approaching the price of breakfast cereal, no one but a
| determined, focused thief would take the trouble to dismount them.
| This has the smell of an inside job ALL OVER it.
| 
| 
| 
| At 18:38 3/2/2006, you wrote:
| 
|     Does anyone know anything? there's not quite enough here for my stereotyped
|     blog headline...
| 
|     http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/eb/
|     03-02-06-846416.html
| 
|     > George Gilou arrived at his mortgage office Feb. 6 and discovered
|     > the back door had been forced open. It didn't take long before he
|     > realized the business he owns, Olympic Funding Chicago, 6308
|     > N. Milwaukee Ave., had been burglarized.
|     >
|     > According to police reports, three computer hard drives were stolen,
|     > containing clients names, social security numbers, addresses and
|     > phone numbers.
| 
|     In particular, was this actually just the hard drives being stolen?
|     How many people were affected?
| 
|     Adam
| 
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