[Dataloss] new dataleak, not yet in the press?
dano
dano at well.com
Mon Oct 2 22:22:47 EDT 2006
From an email on a private list, posted about 1900 GMT. I've not seen
this yet in the news, but here is part of the post:
>[...] CitiBank Visa. A bit afterwards I get a call from Visa saying
>my card's been stolen but no charges have been detected, "Press 1 to
>cancel your card and have a new one sent out to you." Fuck off you
>automated harbinger of doom.
>
>I call Citi to get the scoop on why they're prank calling me.
>
>They're canceling MILLIONS of cards today because of some security
>snafu. I tell them to go ahead and kill the card and send a new one.
--
He who fights monsters
should see to it
that in the process
he does not become a monster.
- Friedrich Nietszche
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