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January 28, 2006

Credit card numbers stolen from Rhode Island state government website

4118 credit card numbers were stolen from the RI official site where consumers, among other things, can register their cars and buy permits using credit cards. The site is maintained by private third party. Chances are that the hackers whoever they are, can't do much with those numbers since the site stores normally only partial numbers, and no expiration dates. No fraudulent activity has been noticed. Still, very unsettling is the fact, that in RI Governor own words, "... individuals were not notified directly; ... public officials were not notified promptly; ... there were no safeguards or protocols in place to prompt these notifications"

Posted in Credit Cards at January 28, 2006 08:17 AM

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