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Credit cards exposed in Google Cache search
22,000 found by spider
Wed Mar 25 2009, 09:55
AN AUSSIE IT worker found a cache of 22,000 credit cards by searching on Google. More than 19,000 cards were active and the cache included card numbers, expiration dates, names, addresses, and CVV codes.
It appears that the cache was found on an outdated card processing server. Google has since blocked access to the cache of the directory listing where the discovery was made.
According to Techherald it looks like the information came from certain shops and it was not stolen, just poor file management by the outfits involved. µ
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Thanks to the security feature called CVV code, everything will be fine - cough.
I Wonder what search key he used.
I can understand how an inferior might make that kind of information available on the net. But how are the IT systems people allowing any machine that is net accessable to even be storing such numbers?
I would fire them on the spot.
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And remove their testicles to prevent them from producing offspring who are equally inferior.
So it’s not Google fault, yet they have some nasty spiders there :p
So the question is: Where is the backup that the guy who found that made??? Feel free to share it :)