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Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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Post by StavrosK » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 1:26 PM UTC

roel_v wrote: post #101

fourk wrote: post #63

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The difference is that one of those people could very well return the favor and give you a proper ass kicking, or determine your identity with relative ease and file a complaint with the police. The disincentives that exist for your example and those that exist for actions similar to those taken by lulzsec are radically different. The conclusion that people should walk around with full-face helmets is ridiculous beca…

Right, the problem is that 'digital criminals' are a) not likely enough to get caught, and b) not punished enough if/when they are. What we need are stronger punishments against digital vandalism and profit-oriented digital burglary alike, and more and stronger enforcement. (not being sarcastic, in case anyone's wondering)

Good thing our politicians are listening and are prepared to clamp down hard on illegal filesharing.

Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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Post by Vivtek » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 1:39 PM UTC

jonafato wrote: post #109

Vivtek wrote: post #104

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Might not be a website - my wife's and my debit cards were compromised last year within two weeks of one another. The only thing they had in common was that they're at the same bank; she has never even once used her card online. Our conclusion was that Chase Manhattan had been compromised. That's kind of scary, really. They have to be spending serious money on security.

To clarify, by "they have to", are you stating a fact or making a demand? One would have thought that Citigroup would have had some pretty tight security as well.

I think I'm accentuating an assumption - and when I saw the Citigroup story, I had precisely the reaction you just expressed here.

And yet you know that Chase and Citigroup are spending money on security in copious amounts. My heart breaks to think of all those guys getting paid not to know jack. (Or, just as probably, all those guys getting paid not to be able to shove jack through the corporate process.)

Re: LulzSec Topples EVE Online, Minecraft, League of Legends and other Servers

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Post by btilly » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 2:52 PM UTC

Vivtek wrote: post #104

btilly wrote: post #36

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Absolutely true. My credit card number was used from Turkey this week. I have absolutely no idea which website was compromised. And I am pretty sure that whoever was compromised has no idea either.

Might not be a website - my wife's and my debit cards were compromised last year within two weeks of one another. The only thing they had in common was that they're at the same bank; she has never even once used her card online. Our conclusion was that Chase Manhattan had been compromised. That's kind of scary, really. They have to be spending serious money on security.

It could have been coincidence and an offline compromise for your wife. There are a lot of skimming operations out there. Plus when you give your card to a waiter at a restaurant, nothing stops the waiter from copying your information.

In my case the fact that the purchase was made from Turkey suggests that it was an online compromise.