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Re: [News] National Australia Bank Frustrated with Security Issues, Liability/Scrutiny Sought

  • Subject: Re: [News] National Australia Bank Frustrated with Security Issues, Liability/Scrutiny Sought
  • From: "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:10:36 +0100
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Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:

> Software security needs more scrutiny: NAB
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Since establishing a technology risk and security team more than 
> | two years ago, the National Australia Bank (NAB) has delivered a
> | scathing report on the insecurity of enterprise software,
> | including that provided by information security vendors
> | themselves. 
> `----

May they rot in hell:

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=404422002
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4534909.stm

The burning question on my lips is, why the fsck did this bunch of
reprobates bother purchasing the Clydesdale Bank in the first place, if
all they wanted to do was shut it down.

Yet one more argument against globalisation. Keep British banks British.

As for the topic in question; I hope the NAB's servers are permanently
inundated by spam and riddled with viruses.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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| "Proprietary licenses, the crack cocaine of software finance."
|  - Matt Asay, CNET
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