19,000 UK credit card details posted on Net

[cynthial]

19,000 UK credit card details posted on the Net...and accessible on Google
By Sean Poulter and Jonathan Weinberg
Last updated at 10:38 AM on 28th March 2009

The credit card details of up to 19,000 British shoppers were published on the internet - where they could be found using a simple search on Google.
The details apparently originated from the website of a criminal gang in the Far East. The list, obtained by the Mail, includes the names, home addresses and full card details of thousands of Visa, Mastercard and American Express customers. Google's high-powered search engine inadvertently picked up the list during a 'crawl' of the web - allowing it to be seen and copied.

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Cripes, what next? I think it is about time to crawl in a hole and pull the hole in after us.

 

[vinylweatherman]

Interesting article.

"...type in your name...into Google.... you'll be surprised what you will find".



Crumbs!!!!!

They don't exaggerate do they

They didn't even HAVE the internet 20 years ago!!

 

[winbig]

Interesting article.

"...type in your name...into Google.... you'll be surprised what you will find".



Crumbs!!!!!

They don't exaggerate do they

They didn't even HAVE the internet 20 years ago!!

But places do upload archived stuff to the Internet now....

 

[vinylweatherman]

But places do upload archived stuff to the Internet now....

Brings back memories though, meetings every 2 to 3 months in different parts of the country, lunches laid on, and even one trip FIRST CLASS on the train (Well, normal carriage with 1st stickers on the window and antimacassers on the seat headrests - what a cheek! at 3x the price). There was a one week international symposium at the University of Salford, somewhere in "Gunchester" as it is known now. 3 stops for Fruit Machines on the way back
Funny that it is all on the internet now, because back then it was all covered by the very broad ranging "official secrets act" till the government saw sense that not EVERYTHING was a "secret" just because it took place within the civil service.