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Citibank confirms hacking attack

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Re: Citibank confirms hacking attack

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Post by Wickk »

smackfu wrote: post #8
Wickk wrote: post #2

>It has been criticised for not telling customers about the breach when it happened in May. Really now? This needs to stop, it wasn't ok a decade ago, it wasn't ok when Sony pulled this recently, why would they think it's ok now?

The tense is weird in that sentence you quoted. If this information came out today, when were they criticized?

I'm making a huge leap based on the title alone, I'm going to assume that they( and I guess others) knew about this and are just not confirming what everyone believed.

Re: Citibank confirms hacking attack

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Post by Wickk »

Joakal wrote: post #3
Wickk wrote: post #2

>It has been criticised for not telling customers about the breach when it happened in May. Really now? This needs to stop, it wasn't ok a decade ago, it wasn't ok when Sony pulled this recently, why would they think it's ok now?

Is it illegal to have negligence with security in exposing personally identifying data in USA?

When did I say it's illegal? I said it needs to stop.

Re: Citibank confirms hacking attack

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Post by JakeSc »

cing wrote: post #7

I had a Citibank VISA as payment from Google Summer of Code 2009 that started getting $100 charges each month about a year later. I assumed it was some sort of fee, but it turned out my information was stolen (despite me never using the card once). Thankfully, someone noticed this activity on several cards and I was reimbursed.

How would you guess that your information was stolen?
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