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UK Banks Dump Credentials in Bin Bags

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the airing-the-trash dept.

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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  1. The greatest threat of ID theft? Windows by Nova+Express · · Score: -1, Troll
    "Where can we expect to find the greatest threat of ID theft?"

    That's easy: sitting in a database on an unpatched Windows box with access to the internet. What's the average time before an unprotected Windows box with default safety configuration is rooted after connecting to the Internet? Something like three minutes?

    As long as people store vital iformation on inherantly insecure Windows boxen, ID theft will continue to occur.

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  2. Bin Bags by eclectro · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh, they mean trash bags. Those crazy Brits. They should've used Hefty! Hefty! Hefty! instead of wimpy wimpy wimpy.

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  3. Fir5t pfost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    sure tehat I've large - keep your BSD'5 filesystem