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I would assume that a few nation state actors have already hoovered up all that leaked information and have it implemented in a system that is ready to steal id
by jjeaff 5y ago
I would assume that a few nation state actors have already hoovered up all that leaked information and have it implemented in a system that is ready to steal identities, drain accounts, and otherwise wreak havoc on a large scale. They are just waiting for the higher ups to pull the trigger if and when they decide to deploy it.
- throwawaygh 5y agoYes. I'd be astounded if multiple such attacks aren't ready to deploy. At least 6? Maybe as many as 12. What it's waiting for is a desperate enough actor or a weak enough moment. Russia and China learned from Japan and ISIS et al learned from bin Laden -- divide, don't unite. But eventually there will be a sufficiently naive actor and/or a sufficiently weak moment. The tragedy, of course, is that all we have to do is address the totally and completely obvious problem. It wouldn't even be that hard. But we won't. Last 4 of SSN is still enough to transfer a SIM even with explicit direction otherwise, and transferring a SIM is still enough to drain a bank account even with explicit direction otherwise.