July 22, 2009 at 16:15The world's largest private information database: 40 million people
The British company Lucid Intelligence has compiled the world's largest database of private information. It includes credit card numbers, PIN codes, bank account numbers, passwords, phone numbers and other information about 40 million people. Most of the people in the database are Americans. But there are citizens of other countries, including 4 million British. Apparently, there are citizens of Russia.
According to The Times journalist, who was given a look at this base , at least 250 thousand bank accounts in British banks were hacked. The journalist is surprised that the police are not taking any measures in this regard, because they know everything.
All information is collected by FBI experts, the police, anti-phishing companies at hacker forums, in IRC channels and other places where such data can be bought in bulk and inexpensively. For example, someone else's credit card can be bought there for only 50 cents. Lucin Intelligence founder Colin Holder, a former policeman, for four years bit by bit extracted this data, and now combined it into one information system, left the police work and founded a private business. Perhaps Colin Holder even personally bought some information from hackers, because he himself says: investment in this startup amounted to 160 thousand pounds.
Naturally, the newly formed company Lucid Intelligence is not going to break the law and harm those unfortunates whose private data is in the database. The company will earn simply on reference services. On their website you can check your name and surname. If information about you is in the database, then for money you can find out which private data can be considered compromised.
Hurry up to check, because the site may soon stop working. It is likely that Holder will be sent to prison. Now the authorities are deciding whether his business can be considered legal.
via The Times
According to The Times journalist, who was given a look at this base , at least 250 thousand bank accounts in British banks were hacked. The journalist is surprised that the police are not taking any measures in this regard, because they know everything.
All information is collected by FBI experts, the police, anti-phishing companies at hacker forums, in IRC channels and other places where such data can be bought in bulk and inexpensively. For example, someone else's credit card can be bought there for only 50 cents. Lucin Intelligence founder Colin Holder, a former policeman, for four years bit by bit extracted this data, and now combined it into one information system, left the police work and founded a private business. Perhaps Colin Holder even personally bought some information from hackers, because he himself says: investment in this startup amounted to 160 thousand pounds.
Naturally, the newly formed company Lucid Intelligence is not going to break the law and harm those unfortunates whose private data is in the database. The company will earn simply on reference services. On their website you can check your name and surname. If information about you is in the database, then for money you can find out which private data can be considered compromised.
Hurry up to check, because the site may soon stop working. It is likely that Holder will be sent to prison. Now the authorities are deciding whether his business can be considered legal.
via The Times