Re: [ISN] Secret hackers to aid war on internet fraud

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    Forwarded from: "Bill Scherr IV, GSEC, GCIA" <bschnzl@private>
    
    Folks...
    
    The only difference between this, and the RIAA hacking P2P clients is
    the sector of the economy.  
    
    Two wrongs don't make a right!  MasterCard should require an
    independent review, rather than breaking clients systems.  Breaking a
    lock is breaking a lock, regardless of why it is done!
    
    B.
    
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    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-1063208,00.html
    
    April 05, 2004 
    By Joe Morgan
     
    FEARS that small online retailers are the weakest link in the fight
    against internet fraud have prompted MasterCard, the global payment
    scheme group, to set up secret teams of hackers to test security
    systems in the sector.
     
    The Times has learnt that the project, named Site Data Protection
    (SDP), will go live in May and will target online outlets that fail to
    comply with appropriate levels of internet security. SDP teams will be
    recruited by the banks that have relationships with online merchants
    whose systems do not come up to scratch.
    
    Brian Morris, head of e-business solutions at MasterCard, said that
    while large online retailers had robust internet security systems,
    small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) "could benefit from the
    assistance".
    
    Organised criminal gangs are increasingly hacking into the systems of
    online retailers and stealing subscribers' credit card and personal
    details. The information can then be used to commit "card-not-present
    fraud" - fraudulent buying of goods and services from a remote
    location, usually by phone or via the internet.
    
    [...]
    
    
    Bill Scherr IV, GSEC, GCIA
    EWA / Information & Infrastructure Technologies
    National Guard Regional Technology Center / Norwich Campus
    Northfield, VT  05663
    802-485-1962
    
    
    
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