Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 29 March 2008 15:31 : \____
>
>> Sampo Pankki törmäsi Microsoftin palvelimeen
>>
>> http://www.digitoday.fi/page.php?page_id=66&news_id=20088831
>>
>> Someone who speaks the language sent me this. What kind of bank puts
>> financial data in the hands of an O/S which has 40% of the PCs out there
>> totally owned by a criminal <
>>
> http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
>>>?
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>
> Someone who speaks the language has sent more information:
>
> "Microsoft XSS hole causes state consumer agency to tell people to file for
> damages from Sampo Bank, Danske Bank.
>
> http://hsivonen.iki.fi/sampo-epic-multifail/
>
> Waiting increases the damage caused by Microsoft boosters. This is real
> economic damage they are causing and some edge cases might find Microsoft too
> much burden to survive. The movement is weak and can be buckled if we keep
> pushing."
>
It would be good to hold the culprits responsible for the losses here,
rather than have everyone pay just a little to cover it. Both Microsoft
and those foolish enough to put key financial data behind a known
insecure system (would they use a safe with thousands of known
problems?) should be held to account.
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