Re: RBS Worldpay hacked for $9 million ..

["Phil Da Lick!" <phil_the_lickREMOVETHISSPAMTRAP@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:37:18 +0000, Doug Mentohl wrote:
>
> > The Royal Bank of Scotland Groupʼs RBS Worldpay has fallen victim to a 
> > hack reported to have netted $9 million (£6.1 million) in a worldwide 
> > automated teller machine (ATM) scam ..
> > ATMs from 49 cities were hit, which included Atlanta, New York, 
> > Montreal, Moscow and Hong Kong. At the time, RBS Worldpay admitted that 
> > the information of 1.5 million cardholders and other individuals could 
> > have been affected ..
> > http://www.itpro.co.uk/609793/royal-bank-of-scotland-s-worldpay-hit-by-atm-scam
> Funny, but I wonder why you didn't go to Netcraft and show what technology
> Worldpay uses for it's web sites.  I suspect I know the reason.  Let's
> see...
>
> http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.worldpay.com
>
> Netblock Owner IP address OS Web Server Last changed 
> Entanet Customer 62.249.232.74 Linux Apache 30-Nov-2008 
>
> Of course.  
>
> So, it seems clear that Worldpay uses Linux servers for their technology,
> which probably means their processing system is Linux or Unix based as
> well.
Dumbass. Worldpay is a *global* financial center. I bet it gets 
targetted constantly, along with all the other global finance sites. Any 
time one gets cracked will be big news regardless of what system it 
runs. Compare and contrast that with a swiss cheese OS that can be 
cracked in ten minutes by a fourteen year old. Your apples don't 
resemble oranges outside your head.