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Stealing Data? A Sniffer Shows it's Easy

Posted by timothy on from the duh dept.

museumpeace writes "Though its not exactly a How-To of cracking into financial institutions, a few intriguing details are mentioned in a New York Times article "the Sniffer vs the Cybercrooks" (it's worth the cookie). From the article: ""Tell me the things you most want to keep secret," Mr. Seiden challenged a top executive at the bank a few years back.....A week later, Mr. Seiden again sat in this man's office in Manhattan, in possession of both supposedly guarded secrets....""

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  1. First post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    meh!

  2. hey /. editors. fuck you for linking to NYT. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    some would think this whole website is just
    around to generate revenue for fat nerds who play with themselves at home.

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