[133381] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Mastercard problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew.wallace)
Wed Dec 8 17:23:50 2010
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:23:43 -0800 (PST)
From: "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com>
To: James Downs <egon@egon.cc>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
"MasterCard works closely with the =0AU.S. Secret Service, the FBI, the Pos=
tal Inspection Service, Interpol, =0AEuropol and counterpart organizations =
throughout the world to facilitate investigation and prosecution."=0A=0Ahtt=
p://www.mastercard.com/us/merchant/security/collaborating_experts.html=0A=
=0AAndrew=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message -----=0AFrom:James Downs <eg=
on@egon.cc>=0ATo:andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com>=0ACc:Christ=
opher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>; "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>=
=0ASent:Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 21:30:20=0ASubject:Re: Mastercard probl=
ems=0A=0A=0AOn Dec 8, 2010, at 12:30 PM, andrew.wallace wrote:=0A=0A> I wou=
ld say the attack falls under the jurisdiction of the US secret service sin=
ce this is an attack on the financial system.=0A> =0A> "Today the agency's =
primary investigative mission is to safeguard the payment and financial sys=
tems of the United States." --- secretservice.gov=0A=0AYikes.. you consider=
a private company's business to be the financial and payment system of the=
United States?=0A=0A-j=0A=0A=0A=0A