UK Banks Dump Credentials in Bin Bags

Plutonite writes "BBC news is reporting that several UK banks face 'unlimited fines' for careless handling of sensitive client information. This apparently came after investigators found account details while rummaging through the trash outside the banks involved. In this age of online banking and related security problems, and in light of this scandal, where can we expect to find the greatest threat of ID theft?"

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Not in corporate offices

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Most corporate Windows machines are behind firewalls. They're not perfect, but they're pretty good. Windows servers are almost always set up behind even more strict firewalls. Ideally servers exposed to the internet are on a different network segment than the internal servers containing even more data.

The greatest threat to ID theft has always been humans. The vast majority of security breaches are from social engineering.