Yeah, we all know that reformatting data is too hard for script kiddies...
TransUnion reckons big dump of stolen customer data came from someone else
Days after a miscreant boasted leaking a 3GB-plus database from TransUnion containing financial information on 58,505 people, the credit-checking agency has claimed the info was actually swiped from a third party. On Sunday, a thief using the handle USDoD shared via a cyber-crime forum what was claimed to be a TransUnion …
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Friday 22nd September 2023 07:25 GMT ChoHag
"Don't worry. Your highly sensitive information wasn't stolen from us, it was stolen from the people we gave it to indiscriminately."
This is somehow better?
> Data protection is top priority at TransUnion.
Such a high priority that we ensure there's no way even our closest partners can ... wait no that's not right...
Such a high priority that we insist all our partners who access it are also ... hmmm still not quite there.
Such a high priority that we use a third party datarapist to keep our own hands clean. See us use them now as a PR shield to mask our complete disdain for you all. Ignore the dead bodies.
Yes that's more like it.
> We take seriously any assertions regarding our information security
I can't do this one justice. This is beyond Iraq Foreign Minister levels of self delusion.