Who can we trust?
The news (Dec. 20, 2005) about ABN Amro eyes electronic data transfers after tape loss incident said that "a tape containing information on 2M customers was lost for a month" and "On Friday, ABN Amro told customers that the tape was lost while being transported by DHL Worldwide Express delivery service from a data center run by a subsidiary of LaSalle Bank Corp. in Chicago to an Experian Information Solutions Inc. credit bureau facility in Allen, Texas."
Another incidence, Backup Tapes Missing from Marriott Timeshare Business, if you are one of the Marriott Vacation Club International members etc., your information may be stolen.
The worst thing is that such information might not been encrypted. We may wonder why a big corporation would treat sensitive information in such a way. In other words, no matter how careful we are, if we have to hand over information to a bank, a hotel, a charity body or a security specialized company, we are at risk. That is nothing about online. In fact, the lost of credit card information with online cases had been much lower than conventional means.
No wonder some said that criminals did not need any guns, just send someone to work in transportation companies and there will be a lot of treasure because there are many such careless corporations.
The news (Dec. 20, 2005) about ABN Amro eyes electronic data transfers after tape loss incident said that "a tape containing information on 2M customers was lost for a month" and "On Friday, ABN Amro told customers that the tape was lost while being transported by DHL Worldwide Express delivery service from a data center run by a subsidiary of LaSalle Bank Corp. in Chicago to an Experian Information Solutions Inc. credit bureau facility in Allen, Texas."
Another incidence, Backup Tapes Missing from Marriott Timeshare Business, if you are one of the Marriott Vacation Club International members etc., your information may be stolen.
The worst thing is that such information might not been encrypted. We may wonder why a big corporation would treat sensitive information in such a way. In other words, no matter how careful we are, if we have to hand over information to a bank, a hotel, a charity body or a security specialized company, we are at risk. That is nothing about online. In fact, the lost of credit card information with online cases had been much lower than conventional means.
No wonder some said that criminals did not need any guns, just send someone to work in transportation companies and there will be a lot of treasure because there are many such careless corporations.
posted by F. H. Tong at 12:25 AM
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