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Private info for sale in Moscow kiosks...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Fri Jul 8 15:40:14 2005
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:49:02 -0400
Bruce Schneier's blog had a pointer to this story, about the black
market in personal information in Moscow:
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050705.gtrussia05/BNStory/Technology/
At the Gorbushka kiosk, sales are so brisk that the vendor excuses
himself to help other customers while the foreigner considers his
options: $43 for a mobile phone company's list of subscribers? Or $100
for a database of vehicles registered in the Moscow region?
The vehicle database proves irresistible. It appears to contain names,
birthdays, passport numbers, addresses, telephone numbers,
descriptions of vehicles, and vehicle identification (VIN) numbers for
every driver in Moscow.
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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com
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