Re: [exim] Anti Phishing ACL

--On 31 October 2008 01:29:35 +0800 W B Hacker <wbh@???> wrote:

> Ian Eiloart wrote:
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> *snip*
>

>
> BTW - that '99%' the Wank Mangler mentioned probably don't have anything
> worth stealing in their bank (we are talking the UK and recent days, are
> we not?).

We're talking the UK a couple of years ago, but the robo-calling policy is
recent. It's a bank that hasn't yet suffered from the recent troubles. As
far as we know. Absence of shareholders, as a co-operative, and an ethical
investment policy may have something to do with it. It has been hit by
insider fraud, though.

> BTW - there must be thousands of UID:PWD compromises, perhaps tens of
> thousands - for each one that results in a loss.
>
> Unless the *perps* are as foolish as the WinLusers they keylogged, or
> bought info on - they are only going to risk exposure for serious money,
> and probably hit many targets at the same narrow time window before
> submerging again.
>
> Who knows how much of THAT might yet be lying in wait for what they view
> as the opportune time to strike?
>
> Or was executed during the high-traffic days of the current tsunami.
>
> :-(
>
> Bill



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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
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