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Computer With UK Bank Customer Data Sold On eBay

Posted by kdawson on from the fingers-pointing-in-a-circle dept.

Walpurgiss tips a BBC News story about a man in Oxford who paid $140 for a computer on eBay, and was shocked to find on it bank records of several million customers of the Royal Bank of Scotland, its subsidiary Natwest, and one other bank. "Mr. Chapman said anyone with a basic knowledge of computer software would have been able to find the data fairly simply. 'The information was in back-up CDs and in ISO files so it would have been possibly quite easy to find...,' he said."

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  1. I guess RBS stands for... by volxdragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Really Bad Security instead of Royal Bank of Scotland.

  2. paid $140 for a computer on eBay by flaming+error · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somebody should have set a much higher reserve price.

    1. Re:paid $140 for a computer on eBay by smoker2 · · Score: 3, Funny

      £77 is how much it cost including ebay fees and paypal !

    2. Re:paid $140 for a computer on eBay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Wow, so he paid 280gbp for this after all?!

  3. Re:Honesty by cayenne8 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hell, even better, why doesn't he turn around and resell the stuff on eBay?

    I'm sure he could raise a pretty penny for all that info.....

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  4. Bugger.... by s0litaire · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was just going to pick up a cheep 1U server for a Mod Project! Now i've no chance! Everyone will be buying up every server hoping for Disks full of Banking details now!! :(:(

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  5. Re:Honesty by Dekortage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man: "Look, I found eight million customer records on here!"

    Bank tech: "That's weird, we always stored ten million records in those databases..."

    Man: "Huh, no idea what happened to those other two million." (hides batch of CDs) "I can't believe you guys sold 8 million customer records on eBay!"

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  6. Re:outbid by lz2pt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ach, don't worry..
    In a couple of weeks, as the economy slips further into the blessed state of Titzup, you'll be able to purchase the bank itself on Ebay c/w whatever assets the FatCats have left it with for a fraction of what he paid for this server alone..

  7. Re:Sometimes its better to just shut up by smashin234 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The CIA is already on their way, your tarring and feathering shall commence very soon. It took them only 2 more seconds to find you since you posted as AC.

    Put that tin foil hat on ASAP

  8. Re:Honesty by The+Great+Pretender · · Score: 4, Funny
    Man: "Look, I found eight million customer records on here!"

    Bank tech: "That's weird, we always stored 7 million records in those databases..."

    Bank tech2: "Funny I thought it was 12 million..."

    Bank tech3: "What are records?"

    Bank tech4: "Hey, didn't I just decommission that laptop using that online eBay-thingy service?"

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  9. Re:If he's REALLY Lucky, he could die conveniently by dintech · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes and it's still being covered up today. That's why we've modded you -1. :)