How about this: Prosecutors estimate the group stole tens of millions of debit and credit > card numbers, costing corporations and banks millions when they were forced > to cancel accounts, open new accounts, monitor accounts for fraud, *beef > up their network security* and invest in public relations to ensure they > wouldn't lose customers. Authorities found more than 40 million distinct > card numbers on two of Gonzalez's computer servers.
Um.... They needed to do that in the first place, so they wouldn't have to make the other expenditures... -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > How about the businesses who let this happen? > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not long enough and not severe enough, but that is just my opinion. What > > about the federal people that were working with this guy. They get to > skate > > with nothing bad to them? They knew he was a hacker and were not > watching > > what he was doing? Something is not right there as well. > > > > Jon > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Sherry Abercrombie <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > >> > >> Hacker gets harsh sentence: > >> > >> > >> > http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/26/hacker-gets-harshest-cybercrime-sentence-passed/ > >> > >> -- > >> Sherry Abercrombie > >> > >> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > >> Arthur C. Clarke > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
