I see HSBC...

The Dread Pirate · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:26

... Has Joined the Data loss club :mad:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7334249.stm

shine · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:27

Its funny how they were happy to ship data via courier. Has no one learned from HMRC's problems!

Raymond Lin · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:27

Is it encrypted..........?

RandomTom · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:29

Raymond Lin said:
Is it encrypted..........?

Username: admin
Password: hsbc

DanMc07 · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:30

WoooooSaaaaa.

Blue Cypher · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:32

oh god, when will they learn!!

titchard · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:34

Blue Cypher said:
oh god, when will they learn!!

Well a lot of companies do ship things as it is easier and often faster than bandwidth! Aslong as it is encrypted to a high enough standard I don't see an issue personally.

I know a lot of software companies (not on the same level as personal info I know) FedEx hard drives back and forth as it is faster than transfering GBs of data over the Internet.

Rich

scorza · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:39

Raymond Lin said:
Is it encrypted..........?

Most likely with password protected winzip archive lol :rolleyes:

tntcoder · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:40

Why the hell these company's don't encrypt data before sending it off in a courier is beyond me.

platypus · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:45

RandomTom said:
Username: admin
Password: hsbc

Haha

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mehuk · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:45

heh

just life insurance i believe - im ok.....

J.B · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:46

LOL, only the other day I was chatting to a HSBC employee about their internal mail system because he sent a letter about a mile up the road to another branch. He said they have a really bit internal mail system because they deal with so much confidental information! :rolleyes:

Cosimo · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:49

RandomTom said:
Username: admin
Password: hsbc

Perfect, just using these now, when will they ever learn.

Ricochet J · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:51

RandomTom said:
Username: admin
Password: hsbc

scorza · 7 Apr 2008 at 11:58

tntcoder said:
Why the hell these company's don't encrypt data before sending it off in a courier is beyond me.

Because no-one in this country gives a damn about data protection.

RDM · 7 Apr 2008 at 12:11

RandomTom said:
Username: admin
Password: hsbc

Working for a subsidary of HSBC I can assure you that you would never have a password like that. It differs from the user name for a start!

Welshy · 7 Apr 2008 at 12:21

RDM said:
Working for a subsidary of HSBC I can assure you that you would never have a password like that. It differs from the user name for a start!

I think he was joking...

The $6m Dan · 7 Apr 2008 at 12:22

Why don't they just send the two halves of a raid array with seperate couriers.
Would be just as fast and if one got lost, it would be completely useless.

RDM · 7 Apr 2008 at 14:57

Welshy said:
I think he was joking...

So was I...

Burnsy2023 · 7 Apr 2008 at 14:59

Raymond Lin said:
Is it encrypted..........?

Nope, and I have no idea why not :mad:

If it was encrypted it's a non-issue, why can't banks sort out their data security?

Burnsy