Discussion for article #226033
I would think that anybody who does their banking or other financial transactions on-line feels a little bit uneasy after reading this article.
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the information is being used to send marketing pitches, schemes and other junk messages on social networks on Twitter
Good GOD! The humanity! What will we ever DO about this Russian Menace?
I don’t believe that for a minute. Why would you steal security info for Twitter accounts? The very fact that they are not saying which firms were affected is that they’ve been gagged. The full extent of the Target breach took weeks to come out.
So which sites? Stop watch running.
True story: a couple of weeks ago on a morning after I stayed the night at my parents house, I heard my elderly father talking to some guy on the phone who was telling him he won a ‘sweepstakes’. My father was prepared to go to the bank and get the 1,000 dollar ‘insurance fee’ for the check to be mailed to him. Had I not stayed the night my father would be out a grand. I called the DA in my state, and the state where the call originated, left messages and no one returned my call. They don’t care until they have to I guess. Protecting consumers is not a priority.
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A stunning breach of security. Sadly, nothing serious will happen until one of these hacking groups wipes out, say, 10 million bank accounts or a few major city power grids. It’s just a matter of time. Self-destructing passwords, 2-step authentication, biometrics, etc are all available and certainly better than username/password.
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The very nature of secrecy poses challenges to disclosure.
What a drag. I don’t mind changing critical passwords but remembering where I hide the hard-copy reminder is easier said than done.