[Gllug] Alan_Cox Banks UK not secure

[jim]

On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 tet at accucard.com wrote:
> It's not quite as drastic as it sounds, in that you need access to a
> genuine IBM cryptographic processor, which effectively means you need
> to work for a bank. Worrying, nonetheless, though.

AIUI the vast majority of successful bank cracks are inside jobs, despite
what the banks themselves would like you to believe.

jim
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