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IT Pro Admits Stealing 8.4M Consumer Records
Billosaur writes "The Channel Register is reporting that a database administrator at Fidelity National Information Services, a consumer reporting agency in Florida, has admitted to stealing more than 8.4 million account records and selling them to a data broker. The DBA, William Gary Sullivan, faces up to 10 years in prison and fines of $500,000. He worked at a subsidiary of Fidelity and used his access to its database to steal customer names, addresses and financial account information, then used a business he incorporated to sell the list to an accomplice, who eventually sold it to direct marketing firms."
how trustworthy are those Indian/Offshore callcenter staff are, i wonder how many records you get for offering them a years salary in cash for a few dvd's of data if you cant trust a 100k a year white middle class admin, how much do you trust a dollar day employee in bangalore/mexico/offshore with your bank/cell/IT/creditcard details?
Yet another reason why using free software is a horrible idea. Aside from it being TRASH, it is also horribly insecure. All business that use it should be forcefully closed down; I don't want whatever viruses Linux systems have to spread to my machine. Better yet, free software should be outlawed. Once this happens, a lot of our IT problems will disappear for good.