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City Almost Loses 450K to Keylogger
SierraPete writes "The city of Carson, California (a suburb of Los Angeles) was the target of a 6-digit theft of cash. The LA Times reports that information taken from a keylogger was used to attempt to steal $450K from the city's treasury. Quick work by the city froze most of the funds, but it drives home the importance of keeping good anti-spyware and anti-virus software updated on both corporate systems as well as systems being used from home."
Pwned.
Silence is golden... and duct tape is silver.
450 Kilobytes? Doesn't sound so bad.
Well, you've heard of a "five finger discount", right? Maybe this guy had a birth defect.
...the future crusty old bastards are already drinking the Kool-Aid.
"You have six fingers on your right hand. Someone is looking for you."
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass
He should really stay away from Spaniards with scars on their faces, then.
if it wasn't for you meddling kids.
It is no longer uncommon to be uncommon.
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Before I 'retired'....
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"Um, sir, do you bank at Bank of America?"
Just 450K? Meh, post it when they steal at least a couple hundred megabytes.
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