[54585] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Trends in network operator security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Irving)
Thu Jan 9 13:23:40 2003
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 13:22:45 -0500
From: Richard Irving <rirving@onecall.net>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> They took the _medical records_ of _half a million_ US _soldiers_ and
> their families.
>
> Regardless of the identity-theft aspect, it's hard to imagine them not
> seeing a lucrative aftermarket for that batch of data.
And just think, courtesy the USA "Patriot" act, next time it won't
just be -military- records they get, it will be yours.
America is starting to look more and more like the movie
"Minority Report".
> -Bill
