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Cracker Gains Access to 2.2 Million Credit Cards

Posted by timothy on from the check-yer-wallet dept.

Doctor Sbaitso writes "CNN reports that a hacker bypassed the security system of a company that processes credit card transactions and gained access to approximately 2.2 million Visa and MasterCard credit cards. Fortunately, none of them seem to have been used fraudulently."

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  1. It's all about the trust by Vidmaster_Steve · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    I used to work at an incredibly busy CompUSA back when I was putting myself through college, I worked behind the register and had to put up with any number of fucking (A)Assholes, (B)Jerks, (C)Fucklickers (D)Cunts and/or (E)Wastes of Meat every day of my miserable existance there. Every day, these pricks would come in, verbally abuse me and then give me their credit card number.

    I cannot believe the amount of trust these dickheads put into me, a lowly redshirted laser-slinger. These were people who would verbally abuse me, harass me, scream, yell, pester and generally treat me as something beneath the lump of Fluffy's late night cat puke that they caked off of the designer argyle socks that cost more than they make in a day.

    Every time one of those shits oh-so-respectfully tossed me their credit card (They'd never hand it to me, oh no... never just hand it to me) then get all indignant that I ask to check their ID, even though it says in big, block letters 'CHECK ID' on the little 'sign here' strip on the back... I'd just smile... You know the smile, the one that a pudgy Vincent D'Nofrio shot at the sergeant before putting one in his chest while I simply took their reciept and folded it in half and stuck it in a little slot on my register.

    Had I been just a little dumber or a bit ballsier, I'd be rolling in all the pre-Pentium 3 generation hardware and pre-Kazaa generation illicit software that I could have purchased on their dimes.

    Point being: Why why why do these people who are so abusive to those of us who (A)Handle Their Credit Cards and (B)Handle Their Food treat us in such a manner?

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    Why is it when I hit ^R that ZSH calls me a cocksucker?
    1. Re:It's all about the trust by billstr78 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      Dude, you have some issues to work out. If you hate people that much, why not quit your job and get one that does not require you to interact with A),B),C) or D)?

      If you were a little dumber, you'd not only be dangerous, but in jail. Credit companies keep a close watch on fradulent purchaces. You would be amazed at the ability to mine data and make fast correlations between fraud claims. A couple of interviews with the clerks who sold you the pre-Pentium 3 generation hardware and pre-Kazaa generation illicit software that you would have purchased, would have ended in an arrest within a week.

      The guy who pulled this off will not see the light of day for years to come once he is caught. Credit companies are like the mob, they are one of the only organizations you really don't want to f#ck with.

  2. Re:Because of technology... by thogard · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What store can you buy a mag-stripe writer? I know exactly two people have writers in their collection of stuff. People doing creative writing on their cards is rare compared to the millions of fake "smart" cards used by the cable TV compaines every year. smart card fraud is way ahead of mag card fraud and its getting larger every day.

  3. KILL! by Fuzzle · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    KILL WHITEY!!!!!

    oh...not that kind of Cracker.