[81133] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Stanford Hack Exposes 10,000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Thu May 26 10:11:01 2005
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 10:10:27 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OF4DD10438.88E581CD-ON8025700D.00378D6C-8025700D.0037DC05@radianz.com>; from Michael.Dillon@radianz.com on Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:10:08AM +0100
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:10:08AM +0100, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
> > > Around about whenever the US Federal Government gets the hint and
> > > passes a bill which makes it illegal to use social security numbers
> > > for any purpose other than the administration of social security.
>
> Wrong answer. Federal laws do not stop people from doing stupid
> things and they do not stop people from doing illegal things.
>
> What we need is a Hollywood blockbuster in which some highschool
> hackers wreak havoc by aquiring SSNs from gradesheets and using
/////// criminals
> mother's maiden names to steal lots of money and identities.
> Then, pointy-haired bosses will ask their sysadmins to make sure
> that it can't happen in their department.
>
> Hollywood movies change people's behavior. Federal laws do not.
"Mr President, did you see that movie about an Ebola outbreak in the US
a couple of years ago?"
"Yes...?"
"The budget for that movie was quite a bit more then the total annual
funding in the US to study Ebola and related viruses."
Cheers,
-- jr '</OT>' a
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