The Dark Web

[Bazile]

I was watching Panorama ( I think it was ) ) last night .

They were reporting on internet security and how open we all are ( as we know ) to fraud , with respect to our info , stored on company databases .

They got this bloke ( ex con , who knew his way around hacking into company websites ) to have a look at the Talk Talk site to see what he thought about it , given the recent events .

His verdict was that it remained very vunerable .

They also got these other people to see if they could access info from the sites of 5 other major companies - and sure enough personal details could easily be accessed .

Frightening , isn't it ?

[Old_Geezer]

It's as expected.
It's amazing many of the public actually trust commercial security measures. They approve of loads of stuff that, IMO, they are merely getting away with.

[youngmafbog]

No it's not really.

It's not generally any more details than would have been found on a cheque. (How often were you requested for name and address for the back?)

Crime has fallen, I suspect alot of this is to do with added security of buildings and it being much easier to hack than buy a stocking or a balaclava.

[ummmm]

In another programme it took someone less than 2 minutes to gather all details needed to clone someone. Scary really.

[Bazile]

ymb

I wish i could be as laid back about it as you .

In the same programme they showed on the ' dark web' peoples details - credit card account numbers , security codes , adresses - up for sale to anyone who so wishes to purchase the information