ReTox
Member
+100|6469|State of RETOXification
Well, this is one of those "Holy Shit" moments that come along and you just have to shake your head:

Computer With 1,000,000 Bank Customers Records Sold on E-Bay....... for 35 quid

... wow, simply wow.

So the question comes up "Do you know how your bank stores its data?".  I know I don't... gonna learn though me thinks.
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6591|London, England
one million customers of American Express, NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Thank fuck I don't have an account with them then
kylef
Gone
+1,352|6463|N. Ireland
RBS are linked with Halifax, right?
jord
Member
+2,382|6648|The North, beyond the wall.
I use Royal Bank of Scotland. Lulz
ghettoperson
Member
+1,943|6619

Holy fucking shit. At work we make sure the HDD's are blank when selling them off/trashing them, even if they've spent their entire lives as machines for people to check their email or something irrelevant. And this 'secure storage site' doesn't have that policy in place. Slight clusterfuck on behalf of whatever idiot runs the place.

Last edited by ghettoperson (2008-08-27 14:20:32)

chittydog
less busy
+586|6805|Kubra, Damn it!

ghettoperson wrote:

Holy fucking shit. At work we make sure the HDD's are blank when selling them off/trashing them, even if they've spent their entire lives as machines for people to check their email or something irrelevant. And this 'secure storage site' doesn't have that policy in place. Slight clusterfuck on behalf of whatever idiot runs the place.
We physically destroy them. I work for a big bank and we don't mess around with privacy issues. You can trust me that you can feel secure when you see the stagecoaches.
ghettoperson
Member
+1,943|6619

Yeah, that'd be what I'd do if I ran I secure facility.  It's not like they need the spare cash from selling it anyway. As it is I work(ed) for a school, so whilst we aren't handling much sensitive information we still take it pretty seriously.
Turquoise
O Canada
+1,596|6375|North Carolina

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

one million customers of American Express, NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Thank fuck I don't have an account with them then
Same here...  wow...  Fail doesn't even begin to describe this security breach...
specialistx2324
hahahahahhaa
+244|6659|arica harbour

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

one million customers of American Express, NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Thank fuck I don't have an account with them then
i never ever had american express. never had and never will. i dont like how they treat their customers. and not flexible payment options. basically if you spend $700USD in september the next billing cycle, they want exactly 700 USD and not a penny less.
FEOS
Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate
+1,182|6381|'Murka

Never trust a male banker who wears a skirt.

I thought everyone knew that.

specialistx2324 wrote:

i never ever had american express. never had and never will. i dont like how they treat their customers. and not flexible payment options. basically if you spend $700USD in september the next billing cycle, they want exactly 700 USD and not a penny less.
That's because the original AmEx is a charge card, not a credit card. AmEx has credit card options, if you're into revolving debt at ridiculous interest rates.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein

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Braddock
Agitator
+916|6260|Éire
This kind of shit is happening far too often these days. In Ireland there have been 3 or 4 laptops gone missing in recent months, all choc full of people's bank details. Loads of sensitive data in printed form was also found at a landfill site too... I swear these bank muppets are doing it on purpose.
Cheez
Herman is a warmaphrodite
+1,027|6409|King Of The Islands

jord wrote:

I use Royal Bank of Scotland. Lulz
S'okay, you have no money.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
jord
Member
+2,382|6648|The North, beyond the wall.

Cheez wrote:

jord wrote:

I use Royal Bank of Scotland. Lulz
S'okay, you have no money.
Not really, it's all at home in my safe because I can't be assed going down to the bank...
chittydog
less busy
+586|6805|Kubra, Damn it!

jord wrote:

Cheez wrote:

jord wrote:

I use Royal Bank of Scotland. Lulz
S'okay, you have no money.
Not really, it's all at home in my safe because I can't be assed going down to the bank...
What's your address again?
jord
Member
+2,382|6648|The North, beyond the wall.

chittydog wrote:

jord wrote:

Cheez wrote:


S'okay, you have no money.
Not really, it's all at home in my safe because I can't be assed going down to the bank...
What's your address again?
51 st Phillps st, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, Uk, Europe, World.

Bring it, mofo
chittydog
less busy
+586|6805|Kubra, Damn it!

jord wrote:

chittydog wrote:

jord wrote:


Not really, it's all at home in my safe because I can't be assed going down to the bank...
What's your address again?
51 st Phillps st, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, Uk, Europe, World.

Bring it, mofo
I'll have to walk from the U.S. Can you provide directions? Europe is right next to Australia, right?
jord
Member
+2,382|6648|The North, beyond the wall.

chittydog wrote:

jord wrote:

chittydog wrote:


What's your address again?
51 st Phillps st, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, Uk, Europe, World.

Bring it, mofo
I'll have to walk from the U.S. Can you provide directions? Europe is right next to Australia, right?
Yeah just 100 miles North.
aerodynamic
FOCKING HELL
+241|5723|Roma

chittydog wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

Holy fucking shit. At work we make sure the HDD's are blank when selling them off/trashing them, even if they've spent their entire lives as machines for people to check their email or something irrelevant. And this 'secure storage site' doesn't have that policy in place. Slight clusterfuck on behalf of whatever idiot runs the place.
We physically destroy them. I work for a big bank and we don't mess around with privacy issues. You can trust me that you can feel secure when you see the stagecoaches.
ofcourse you destroy them, the bank is fucked if they don't do it.
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SEREVENT
MASSIVE G STAR
+605|6077|Birmingham, UK

Braddock wrote:

This kind of shit is happening far too often these days. In Ireland there have been 3 or 4 laptops gone missing in recent months, all choc full of people's bank details. Loads of sensitive data in printed form was also found at a landfill site too... I swear these bank muppets are doing it on purpose.
And yet... everyone insists on using them...

Ya know how everyone hates banks, well, if they all closed down there would be riots all over the world.

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