September 16, 2004
* Web Search Engines Reveal Some Credit Card Data

Google Search Reveals Credit-Card Numbers:

  • "In an effort to ascertain actual theft risk associated with ordering online, NewsFactor conducted an informal test of the Web... the test was conducted using basic search engines to determine how accessible personal-identity and credit-card information was to a more ordinary criminal mind."
  • Permanent Link       Topic(s): Cybercrime, ID Theft, Privacy