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....and it happends yet again....

We as votes need to demand certain guidelines for companies the house our
data...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...w_credit_cards

Michael
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:10:55 -0700, Michael Pelletier wrote:

> ...and it happends yet again....
>
> We as votes need to demand certain guidelines for companies the house
> our data...
>
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...w_credit_cards


Old news, read about it last year.


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Leythos wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:10:55 -0700, Michael Pelletier wrote:
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>> ...and it happends yet again....
>>
>> We as votes need to demand certain guidelines for companies the house
>> our data...
>>
>>
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...w_credit_cards
>
>
> Old news, read about it last year.
>
>

The new news is that it was actually 10x the amount that they first reported
(1.4 Million) stolen between November and February...

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On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:54:41 -0700, Michael Pelletier wrote:
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> Leythos wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:10:55 -0700, Michael Pelletier wrote:
>>
>>> ...and it happends yet again....
>>>
>>> We as votes need to demand certain guidelines for companies the house
>>> our data...
>>>
>>>
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...w_credit_cards
>>
>>
>> Old news, read about it last year.
>>
>>
> The new news is that it was actually 10x the amount that they first
> reported (1.4 Million) stolen between November and February...

Thanks - I missed that part. I always assume that the entire database was
compromised when it comes to something like that. From working with
databases, if a member got something they shouldn't have, it's likely that
the admins can't tell how much they actually got.

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"Michael Pelletier" <> wrote in message
news:jE_8e.35533$A31.14954@fed1read03...
> ...and it happends yet again....
>
> We as votes need to demand certain guidelines for companies the house our
> data...
>
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...w_credit_cards
>
What if somebody accidently drained their bank account? oops
oops, no big deal, it's just data.