Shirosaki17 wrote...
I kind of see where they are coming from. They are just showing how easy it is to steal people's personal info. I mean it seems kind of small, but why are companies like Bethesda keeping credit card info. This isn't like WoW where you're getting charged every month. Personally, I think these companies should be deleting that kind of personal data within a month of it's use. I mean if these people are able to hack their info so easily, then who's to say someone else couldn't hack it and actually steal money from people's bank accounts? I mean has this hacking group even stolen any money from the accounts it's hacked?
Yes, and crime is crime, period. If I break into your house its to steal your ****, not to say look you have horrible locks here. Also some of the hit sites have information for accounts to allow for faster transactions. Or for Renewal services, there are various and valid reassons to keep the information for some of those hit. Also another reason its not erased within a month, is fraud usage, most watch dog programs minus the expensive ones can take several weeks to notice a false transaction, nevermind to gain a refund. Also the trail is kept for means of prosacution and in a manner to help with the eventuality of criminal charges, such as if someone built a bomb yet you had shacky proof, you could look at bank account records and confimr with the other source that such and such was bought.
And as of late its not to make a point its for the "lulz" government sites and networks have been hit, large multibilion dollar orginizations as well, hell EVE keep's getting hit and knocked off line. They are criminals and finally are being seen as a real and viable threat, after years of being slapped on the wrist and cuddled while eating hot pockets and causing hardships and millions of dollars in damage to the global economy if not billions.
And now that they are messing with bigger dogs, and in fact one group has been calling and taunting the FBI you can be sure a swift and just response will fall on them. And in the case of those in your more tolertarian nations, I would leave now or burn your computer. In fact these attempts to "Improve" security and to "free" the net may lend us up with more regulation if not a limited ban, and if this was about helping people, how about this, send a nameless file with the details on how you snuck in or broke it so they know what to fix?
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