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List:       cryptography
Subject:    Re: Citibank e-mail looks phishy
From:       Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn () garlic ! com>
Date:       2006-11-23 16:23:51
Message-ID: 4565CB17.1020607 () garlic ! com
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and now for some different threat vector:

Banks face growing threat of identity theft from insiders
http://news.com.com/Banks+face+growing+threat+of+identity+theft+from+insiders/2100-1029_3-6137940.html


from above:

Banks are pouring money into building formidable defenses against computer hackers, \
but are only just waking up to what may be a bigger threat--the physical theft of \
client information by people in the office.

.... snip ...

it isn't exactly new news ... insiders have always been considered the major threat \
... whether it is physical theft or various kinds of electronic data breaches and/or \
security breaches. 

misc. past items ...

Study: ID theft usually an inside job
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm17.htm#38
Leading Cause of Data Security breaches Are Due to Insiders
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm18.htm#49
Bank workers biggest ID theft threat
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005l.html#35
other insider threat
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006p.html#9

i've frequently commented in the past that the stuff about external threats that make \
the popular press has frequently obfuscated the source of the major threats (for all \
i know, insider attacks may even take advantage of the added confusion and ambiguity \
introduced by the prospect of internet-based attacks).

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