TOBAL (There Oughta Be A Law) to cover the trafficking of stolen merchandise, receipt of stolen merchandise, grand theft (depending on how much this jerk sold the data for), privacy violations, etc. Also, since Fidelity is covering banking data, I could see how prosecutions could occur against this jerk for violating FFIEC and OCC regs. Get off your butt and start the paperwork already!
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) should also take steps to sue the excrement out of the thief AND the recipient companies, to make it known that this sort of stuff will cause severe financial repercussions.
Well, let's hope he doesn't leave TOO much of a carbon footprint when he gets electrocuted/blown up/incinerated/hit by a meteor/has a tree fall on him/expires from hyperthermia due to global warming/etc...
"UK law is *very* different from US in this regard."
True.
We SHOOT trespassers. A man's home is his castle here.
But, you have to come IN to the house for it to legally be viewed as trespass. If you're sitting outside in your car on a public street, you may be suspicious, but you're not breaking any law (except maybe loitering).
If a homeowner isn't smart enough to secure his wireless network, s/he 1) shouldn't have a wireless network or 2) should get somebody to secure it for a few bucks/quid.
By the bye, under this law, wouldn't it be illegal for those big (brother) BBC vans to come snooping around for TV sets without "licenses" (see also: TAX ripoffs)? Next time Auntie comes around sniffin' for that 10 inch B/W you've got hidden in the attic, call the fuzz...
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...before you go go
I think you'll be pulling a Rip Van Winkle on this one, sir.
A Place of Rest - For My Mummy
Come on... SOMEbody had to say it...
Yes, But Will Insurance Agents Wear Them?
We have enough of them sticking around or hanging around as it is (UK readers should check out a certain American insurance company to get the joke).
The TouchSmart is a genius...
...and stop calling me Shirley!
And yet, they don't review the USB Humping Dog...
Seriously, Register editors, you've got to get your priorities straight here...
Earth to Florida's State Prosecutor...
TOBAL (There Oughta Be A Law) to cover the trafficking of stolen merchandise, receipt of stolen merchandise, grand theft (depending on how much this jerk sold the data for), privacy violations, etc. Also, since Fidelity is covering banking data, I could see how prosecutions could occur against this jerk for violating FFIEC and OCC regs. Get off your butt and start the paperwork already!
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) should also take steps to sue the excrement out of the thief AND the recipient companies, to make it known that this sort of stuff will cause severe financial repercussions.
Been Grifted? Let Me Know...
Answers gratefully accepted - at LinkedIn.com
http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/information-technology/information-security/TCH_ITS_ISC/46748-7404330
re: Anyone know who the ISP is down there?
Uh, that would probably be www.brassmonkeys.co.aq...
She didn't need a vet or a scientist...
... she just should've asked a Welshman.
Hey, Hows About A LINK?
And a pair of 3D glasses, please...
But Will Their Drummer Survive?
Well, let's hope he doesn't leave TOO much of a carbon footprint when he gets electrocuted/blown up/incinerated/hit by a meteor/has a tree fall on him/expires from hyperthermia due to global warming/etc...
Hang 'em high, boys...
"UK law is *very* different from US in this regard."
True.
We SHOOT trespassers. A man's home is his castle here.
But, you have to come IN to the house for it to legally be viewed as trespass. If you're sitting outside in your car on a public street, you may be suspicious, but you're not breaking any law (except maybe loitering).
If a homeowner isn't smart enough to secure his wireless network, s/he 1) shouldn't have a wireless network or 2) should get somebody to secure it for a few bucks/quid.
By the bye, under this law, wouldn't it be illegal for those big (brother) BBC vans to come snooping around for TV sets without "licenses" (see also: TAX ripoffs)? Next time Auntie comes around sniffin' for that 10 inch B/W you've got hidden in the attic, call the fuzz...
Re: What an id10t
Isn't "Idiot" the short definition for "politician"?
I've Already SOLVED The e-Voting Problem!
It's just that there's no money in it for the politicians, so they ignore it...
http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/story/0,10801,106834,00.html?source=x241
Tachikoma Orbital AI Storage
Looks like we've got a future ghost repository goin' up...