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Interesting article
Don't know how many of you saw this... http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050705.gtrussia05/BNStory/Technology/ In the stolen-data trade, Moscow is the Wild East By GRAEME SMITH Tuesday, July 5, 2005 Updated at 8:40 AM EDT From Tuesday's Globe and Mail MOSCOW — The most expensive wares in Moscow's software markets, the items that some Russians are calling a threat to their personal safety, aren't on public display. It takes less than 15 minutes to find them, however, at the teeming Gorbushka market, a jumble of kiosks selling DVDs, CD-ROMs and an array of gadgetry in an old factory west of downtown. One question -- Where can we buy databases of private information? -- and the young man selling rip-off copies of Hollywood movies leaps to his feet. He leads the customers to another vendor, who wears a bull's head on his belt buckle. This second man listens to the request, opens his cellphone, and punches a speed-dial number. Moments later, a third vendor appears. He is jovial and blunt about his trade. Advertisements What do you need? he says. We have everything. In Moscow these days, among people who deal in stolen information, the category of everything is surprisingly broad. This Gorbushka vendor offers a hard drive with cash transfer records from Russia's central bank for $1,500 (Canadian). The information was reportedly stolen by hackers earlier this year and purchased by companies looking for details about their competitors. Such information, the vendor admits, is fairly specialized. A more popular item is tax records, including home addresses and declared incomes. The vendor asks $215. Russians routinely lie about their earnings to avoid taxes; nonetheless, an increasing number of criminals are relying on pirated tax information to help them choose wealthy targets. When gunmen broke into the gated home of Mikhail Pogosyan, head of Russian aerospace giant Sukhoi, in a brazen robbery last week, the businessman immediately blamed the proliferation of his personal details on the black market. Before, robberies of such people happened very seldom, just by chance, says a Sukhoi spokesman, Alexei Poveschenko. Criminals preferred not to deal with VIPs, but now it's different. On every corner you can buy a database with all kinds of information: income, telephones, cars, residence registration. The trade shows no signs of slowing. It's part of a broader problem for Russia as the country lobbies for membership in the World Trade Organization by next year, because the international body wants Russia to crack down on its pirated movies, music and software. Local authorities have swept through markets such as Gorbushka and seized thousands of bootleg discs, but within hours the black markets resume business. At the Gorbushka kiosk, sales are so brisk that the vendor excuses himself to help other customers while the foreigner considers his options: $43 for a mobile phone company's list of subscribers? Or $100 for a database of vehicles registered in the Moscow region? The vehicle database proves irresistible. It appears to contain names, birthdays, passport numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, descriptions of vehicles, and vehicle identification (VIN) numbers for every driver in Moscow. A check of The Globe and Mail's information shows that at least one part of the database is accurate. It's impossible to confirm the millions of other entries, although a few famous names stand out. An entry under the name Mikhail Khodorkovsky, with the same patronymic middle name and birthday as the oil tycoon, suggests that Russia's formerly richest man enjoyed zooming around on a grey 1999 Yamaha TW 125 motorcycle, or a 2000 light-blue BMW F650, before he was thrown in jail. Under the name Yuri Luzhkov, with details that seem identical to those of Moscow's powerful mayor, the list of vehicles includes a black 1997 Harley Davidson motorcycle and a green Gaz 69, a military jeep built in the 1960s. The Gorbushka vendor seems pleased with his sale, but puzzled. As his customers walk away, he says: So tell me: Are you an American spy? He gets a question in reply: What? You'd sell your homeland so cheaply? The vendor laughs, and returns to his work.
RE: Interesting article
That is interesting. One wonders if in certain circles of Russia people are much more careful with their data and encrypting it. Who knows? A country like that might evolve some fairly rigorous privacy procedures. Here in the US it's, Our data is safe because people will go to jail if they hack it and sell it. -TD From: Gabriel Rocha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Interesting article Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:22:27 -0400 Don't know how many of you saw this... http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050705.gtrussia05/BNStory/Technology/ In the stolen-data trade, Moscow is the Wild East By GRAEME SMITH Tuesday, July 5, 2005 Updated at 8:40 AM EDT From Tuesday's Globe and Mail MOSCOW b The most expensive wares in Moscow's software markets, the items that some Russians are calling a threat to their personal safety, aren't on public display. It takes less than 15 minutes to find them, however, at the teeming Gorbushka market, a jumble of kiosks selling DVDs, CD-ROMs and an array of gadgetry in an old factory west of downtown. One question -- Where can we buy databases of private information? -- and the young man selling rip-off copies of Hollywood movies leaps to his feet. He leads the customers to another vendor, who wears a bull's head on his belt buckle. This second man listens to the request, opens his cellphone, and punches a speed-dial number. Moments later, a third vendor appears. He is jovial and blunt about his trade. Advertisements What do you need? he says. We have everything. In Moscow these days, among people who deal in stolen information, the category of everything is surprisingly broad. This Gorbushka vendor offers a hard drive with cash transfer records from Russia's central bank for $1,500 (Canadian). The information was reportedly stolen by hackers earlier this year and purchased by companies looking for details about their competitors. Such information, the vendor admits, is fairly specialized. A more popular item is tax records, including home addresses and declared incomes. The vendor asks $215. Russians routinely lie about their earnings to avoid taxes; nonetheless, an increasing number of criminals are relying on pirated tax information to help them choose wealthy targets. When gunmen broke into the gated home of Mikhail Pogosyan, head of Russian aerospace giant Sukhoi, in a brazen robbery last week, the businessman immediately blamed the proliferation of his personal details on the black market. Before, robberies of such people happened very seldom, just by chance, says a Sukhoi spokesman, Alexei Poveschenko. Criminals preferred not to deal with VIPs, but now it's different. On every corner you can buy a database with all kinds of information: income, telephones, cars, residence registration. The trade shows no signs of slowing. It's part of a broader problem for Russia as the country lobbies for membership in the World Trade Organization by next year, because the international body wants Russia to crack down on its pirated movies, music and software. Local authorities have swept through markets such as Gorbushka and seized thousands of bootleg discs, but within hours the black markets resume business. At the Gorbushka kiosk, sales are so brisk that the vendor excuses himself to help other customers while the foreigner considers his options: $43 for a mobile phone company's list of subscribers? Or $100 for a database of vehicles registered in the Moscow region? The vehicle database proves irresistible. It appears to contain names, birthdays, passport numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, descriptions of vehicles, and vehicle identification (VIN) numbers for every driver in Moscow. A check of The Globe and Mail's information shows that at least one part of the database is accurate. It's impossible to confirm the millions of other entries, although a few famous names stand out. An entry under the name Mikhail Khodorkovsky, with the same patronymic middle name and birthday as the oil tycoon, suggests that Russia's formerly richest man enjoyed zooming around on a grey 1999 Yamaha TW 125 motorcycle, or a 2000 light-blue BMW F650, before he was thrown in jail. Under the name Yuri Luzhkov, with details that seem identical to those of Moscow's powerful mayor, the list of vehicles includes a black 1997 Harley Davidson motorcycle and a green Gaz 69, a military jeep built in the 1960s. The Gorbushka vendor seems pleased with his sale, but puzzled. As his customers walk away, he says: So tell me: Are you an American spy? He gets a question in reply: What? You'd sell your homeland so cheaply? The vendor laughs, and returns to his work.
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Re: Interesting article
On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 01:32:34PM -0400, Tyler Durden wrote: That is interesting. One wonders if in certain circles of Russia people are much more careful with their data and encrypting it. Who knows? A country like that might evolve some fairly rigorous privacy procedures. Here in the US it's, Our data is safe because people will go to jail if they hack it and sell it. Unless, of course, your data falls into the hands of Choicepoint, Lexis Nexis, etc. Mostly in order to avoid a legislative crackdown that puts them out of business, they probably put some effort into vetting who gets to see the magic bits (unlike our Russian streetcorner pals). But we saw how well that worked with Choicepoint. And they are all fairly large companies; all it takes is one well-placed database admin with bad financial troubles... -Jack
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RE: Interesting article
That is interesting. One wonders if in certain circles of Russia people are much more careful with their data and encrypting it. Who knows? A country like that might evolve some fairly rigorous privacy procedures. Here in the US it's, Our data is safe because people will go to jail if they hack it and sell it. -TD From: Gabriel Rocha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Interesting article Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:22:27 -0400 Don't know how many of you saw this... http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050705.gtrussia05/BNStory/Technology/ In the stolen-data trade, Moscow is the Wild East By GRAEME SMITH Tuesday, July 5, 2005 Updated at 8:40 AM EDT From Tuesday's Globe and Mail MOSCOW b The most expensive wares in Moscow's software markets, the items that some Russians are calling a threat to their personal safety, aren't on public display. It takes less than 15 minutes to find them, however, at the teeming Gorbushka market, a jumble of kiosks selling DVDs, CD-ROMs and an array of gadgetry in an old factory west of downtown. One question -- Where can we buy databases of private information? -- and the young man selling rip-off copies of Hollywood movies leaps to his feet. He leads the customers to another vendor, who wears a bull's head on his belt buckle. This second man listens to the request, opens his cellphone, and punches a speed-dial number. Moments later, a third vendor appears. He is jovial and blunt about his trade. Advertisements What do you need? he says. We have everything. In Moscow these days, among people who deal in stolen information, the category of everything is surprisingly broad. This Gorbushka vendor offers a hard drive with cash transfer records from Russia's central bank for $1,500 (Canadian). The information was reportedly stolen by hackers earlier this year and purchased by companies looking for details about their competitors. Such information, the vendor admits, is fairly specialized. A more popular item is tax records, including home addresses and declared incomes. The vendor asks $215. Russians routinely lie about their earnings to avoid taxes; nonetheless, an increasing number of criminals are relying on pirated tax information to help them choose wealthy targets. When gunmen broke into the gated home of Mikhail Pogosyan, head of Russian aerospace giant Sukhoi, in a brazen robbery last week, the businessman immediately blamed the proliferation of his personal details on the black market. Before, robberies of such people happened very seldom, just by chance, says a Sukhoi spokesman, Alexei Poveschenko. Criminals preferred not to deal with VIPs, but now it's different. On every corner you can buy a database with all kinds of information: income, telephones, cars, residence registration. The trade shows no signs of slowing. It's part of a broader problem for Russia as the country lobbies for membership in the World Trade Organization by next year, because the international body wants Russia to crack down on its pirated movies, music and software. Local authorities have swept through markets such as Gorbushka and seized thousands of bootleg discs, but within hours the black markets resume business. At the Gorbushka kiosk, sales are so brisk that the vendor excuses himself to help other customers while the foreigner considers his options: $43 for a mobile phone company's list of subscribers? Or $100 for a database of vehicles registered in the Moscow region? The vehicle database proves irresistible. It appears to contain names, birthdays, passport numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, descriptions of vehicles, and vehicle identification (VIN) numbers for every driver in Moscow. A check of The Globe and Mail's information shows that at least one part of the database is accurate. It's impossible to confirm the millions of other entries, although a few famous names stand out. An entry under the name Mikhail Khodorkovsky, with the same patronymic middle name and birthday as the oil tycoon, suggests that Russia's formerly richest man enjoyed zooming around on a grey 1999 Yamaha TW 125 motorcycle, or a 2000 light-blue BMW F650, before he was thrown in jail. Under the name Yuri Luzhkov, with details that seem identical to those of Moscow's powerful mayor, the list of vehicles includes a black 1997 Harley Davidson motorcycle and a green Gaz 69, a military jeep built in the 1960s. The Gorbushka vendor seems pleased with his sale, but puzzled. As his customers walk away, he says: So tell me: Are you an American spy? He gets a question in reply: What? You'd sell your homeland so cheaply? The vendor laughs, and returns to his work.
