On the flip side, banks tend to be at least somewhat competent. We don't know much about this particular hack, but some things are just embarrassing - plaintext

On the flip side, banks tend to be at least somewhat competent. We don't know much about this particular hack, but some things are just embarrassing - plaintext passwords ;-), but also stuff like putting AT&T putting iPhone subscribers' data on publicly-accessible incrementing URLs (e.g. http://security.goatse.fr/hypocrites-and-pharisees http://security.goatse.fr/hypocrites-and-pharisees - keep your salt shaker handy.)