Re: [fw-wiz] Equifax Canada

From: Mircea MITU (mmitu_at_bitdefender.com)
Date: 06/22/05

  • Next message: Brian Loe: "RE: [fw-wiz] Equifax Canada" 
    To: "Paul D. Robertson" <paul@compuwar.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:10:10 +0300

    On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 21:33 -0400, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
    > "For the second time in about a year, the credit reporting company Equifax
    > Canada Inc. has suffered a security breach that has given criminals access
    > to personal financial information of hundreds of Canadians.
    > The latest case came to Equifax Canada's attention several months ago, but
    > was made public only yesterday.
    > Criminals that breached the firewall gained access to 605 consumer files,
    > which contain personal information ranging from names and addresses to
    > type of bank loans and credit cards, payment obligations and social
    > insurance numbers."
    >
    > 605 Canadians, that's like 300 Americans, right? ;)
    >
    > Sounds like someone needs remedial INFOSEC training- sheesh 2nd time in a
    > year?
    >

    You don't get it. It's a feature, not a bug.
    They just "got to market six months faster, and saw 14 percent in cost
    savings". Now compare this numbers with any INFOSEC benefits.
    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=15528

    Mircea MITU
    Certified Beer & Barbecue Specialist 

    -- 
This message was scanned for spam and viruses by BitDefender.
For more information please visit http://linux.bitdefender.com/
_______________________________________________
firewall-wizards mailing list
firewall-wizards@honor.icsalabs.com
http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
  • Next message: Brian Loe: "RE: [fw-wiz] Equifax Canada"