21 Million German Bank Accounts For Sale 302
anerva writes "Black market criminals are offering to sell details on 21 million German bank accounts for €12M ($15.3M), according to an investigative report (German; Google translation) published Saturday. In November reporters for WirtschaftsWoche (Economic Week) had a face-to-face meeting with criminals in a Hamburg hotel, according to the magazine. Posing as buyers working for a gambling business, the journalists were able to strike a price of €0.55 per record, or €12M for all the data. They were given a CD containing the 1.2 million accounts when they asked for assurances that the information they would be buying was legitimate." 21 million is three in four existing German bank accounts.
How to pay... (Score:5, Funny)
Couldn't you just buy one to begin with and then use that German bank account to buy the rest?
Re:Hmmm... (Score:5, Funny)
The police are too busy raiding game developer buildings with shotguns and listening in on Skype calls.
Gotta love the germans (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So what (Score:5, Funny)
Tomorrow's News (Score:5, Funny)
ohshiza? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So what (Score:5, Funny)
Who wants a mass list anyway, you can't target spam at people just because they're German and they have a bank account, and stealing that many identities begs the question, "why?"
Yeah, who could have use for the equivalent of 21 million valid direct debit cards.
Who wants to bet... (Score:2, Funny)
mmm... that means that ... (Score:5, Funny)
the Linux desktop market share in Germany is only 25%.
Re:So what (Score:5, Funny)
lmao.
buying bank accounts in bulk is soo..... 2007...
Re:Tomorrow's News (Score:3, Funny)
...Such as Iceland?
Re:On your marks (no pun intended) (Score:5, Funny)
> In theory, if the banking system were known to be compromised in such a huge way, and
> there were no way of knowing if your own bank account was compromised or not, shouldn't
> there be a massive bank run?
This is Germany. There will be no bank run until it is properly planned, organized, and regulated.
Re:So what (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How to pay... (Score:5, Funny)
And then we can beat the crap out of the office printer and dance to rap music!
Hmm... (Score:5, Funny)
21 million is three in four existing German bank accounts.
I have for sale EVERY VISA NUMBER EVER ISSUED! From 4000 0000 0000 0000 to 4999 9999 9999 9999! (Note: some numbers may not be valid.)
I will sell them for US $1,000,000 MILLIONS US DOLLARS. Contact me via this website.
Act now and I'll throw in every Master Card ever issued. (5000 0000 0000 0000 to 5999 9999 9999 9999) (Same disclaimer as above.) And no identity thief would be complete without a REAL SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER to go with it, eh? Guess what? That's right--I'VE GOT THEM ALL TOO! (001-01-0001 to 999-99-9999)
Re:This is scary. (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:So what (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Who wants to bet... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Exactly (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So what (Score:2, Funny)
If you talk to the Russians...
So you could say, "In Soviet Russia, 21 million German bank accounts buy You!"
Re:Steve Jackson Games raid? (Score:2, Funny)
I think he was talking about CryTek, that emo company that starts to whine and threatens to cut itself every time someone talks about violent videogames.
Re:So what (Score:1, Funny)
What do you mean behind?
Pirates took inspiration from Vikings. Actually, pirates is just a veak imitiation without a real hat
Re:So what (Score:4, Funny)
"Hi, me and my friends want to buy this aircraft carrier. Can we split the check evenly over 21 million debit cards?"