"MasterCard works closely with the U.S. Secret Service, the FBI, the Postal Inspection Service, Interpol, Europol and counterpart organizations throughout the world to facilitate investigation and prosecution." http://www.mastercard.com/us/merchant/security/collaborating_experts.html Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From:James Downs <egon@egon.cc> To:andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com> Cc:Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>; "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent:Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 21:30:20 Subject:Re: Mastercard problems On Dec 8, 2010, at 12:30 PM, andrew.wallace wrote:
I would say the attack falls under the jurisdiction of the US secret service since this is an attack on the financial system.
"Today the agency's primary investigative mission is to safeguard the payment and financial systems of the United States." --- secretservice.gov
Yikes.. you consider a private company's business to be the financial and payment system of the United States? -j
Le mercredi 08 décembre 2010 à 14:23 -0800, andrew.wallace a écrit :
"MasterCard works closely with the U.S. Secret Service, the FBI, the Postal Inspection Service, Interpol, Europol and counterpart organizations throughout the world to facilitate investigation and prosecution."
http://www.mastercard.com/us/merchant/security/collaborating_experts.html
Sure, and fortunately,... but that's about fraud prevention... mh
Andrew
----- Original Message ----- From:James Downs <egon@egon.cc> To:andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com> Cc:Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>; "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent:Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 21:30:20 Subject:Re: Mastercard problems
On Dec 8, 2010, at 12:30 PM, andrew.wallace wrote:
I would say the attack falls under the jurisdiction of the US secret service since this is an attack on the financial system.
"Today the agency's primary investigative mission is to safeguard the payment and financial systems of the United States." --- secretservice.gov
Yikes.. you consider a private company's business to be the financial and payment system of the United States?
-j
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From:James Downs <egon@egon.cc> To:andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace@rocketmail.com> Cc:Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>; "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent:Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 21:30:20 Subject:Re: Mastercard problems [snip] Yikes.. you consider a private company's business to be the financial and payment system of the United States?
Yes, I do. Especially when government agencies accept payments through MasterCard, et al. matthew black comments reflect my opinions and may not represent those of my employer.
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