Chip and PIN
ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:39:45 +0100
>I agree. When your Credit Card is cloned that isn't normally called
>"Card Theft" - you still have the original card.
Identify Cloning is then perhaps more appropriate.
>I note that the French "Leeson" incident earlier this week is
>universally being called "Fraud", when "incompetence" seems more
>appropriate.
It's both incompetence and fraud: he exceeded his authority and covered up
by entering fake transactions. Clearly not all is well in SocGen internal
auditing procedures.
Casper