-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- security curmudgeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: "A recent Government Accountability Office report noted the difficulty >: of linking data theft to identity theft, but the U.S. Secret Service is >: having no such problems." >: >: Nice one, too. :-) >: >: >http://www.informationweek.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201001 >100 > >Citing one instance out of 500+ data breaches doesn't invalidate the GAO report. No doubt there will be other cases, but I think the gist of the report was that despite the large number of breaches, only a small percentage result in identity theft or fraudulent charges that anyone can determine. > True enough. But it is still a great quote. :-) - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.2 (Build 2014) wj8DBQFGlsQAq1pz9mNUZTMRAljIAJ4nMyliy1bsvdjiXJ/uTKUcGJwe1gCg23l6 1oo3wndkHVXOfgeSSX2bJu8= =BMMy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
