On Mar 19, 2009, at 7:48 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hat-tip to the Kaspersky blog. > > [snip] > > BBC reporters, posing as fraudsters, have bought UK names, addresses > and > credit card details from a 'broker' of stolen data in Delhi, India. It > seems that one in seven of the cards they bought were valid. The BBC > has > notified the owners of the stolen details. > > The BBC ran the story [1] on this evening's News at Ten TV programme > and > has posted details on its web site. > > This is the second time this week that the BBC has dealt with those > on the > wrong side of the law. Although this case differs from the previous > one, we > still firmly believe it's the wrong way to highlight the dangers of > cybercrime. > > [snip] >
OK, I'll play devil's advocate. What's the right way to educate the public? Because security companies have done a piss-poor job to date. I offer that right or wrong, the BBC has done more in the last week to successfully educate Joe Six Pack & Mary Tennis Shoes about internet threats than all of the security companies have done in the 6 months. - Paul - _______________________________________________ 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.
