I'd be scared of playing with data like that myself.
Posted on 06/07/2005 1:12:05 AM PDT by struwwelpeter
A data base has appeared for sale in Moscow: bank transactions for the 4th quarter of 2004. Salesmen of this illegal data base last week sent emails offering the goods for sale. Within the data can be found even the biggest transaction of past year - the auction sale of 'Yuganskneftegaza', according to the newspaper 'Vedomosti'. Recall that in February of this year one could buy the central bank's data for the last year and a half, from April, 2003 to September, 2004. After this was made public, parliamentary deputies directed a demand to the Attorney General's office, that they take action to stop this leakage of 'classified information', and the Russian central bank conducted an internal investigation of the circumstances of the leak. As it turns out, these measures have yet to produce results.
A copy of the new data base costs on the average 3000 rubels (~100 dollars) with express delivery. Employees from a few companies reported to this paper that their firms' transactions were accurately reflected in the data. Such financial information about market players can be boldly used by competitors.
Plainly visible in the data base are many other operations, including those of the Russian central bank itself, such as its intervention in the currency markets. The central bank's press service refused comment, while official requests for information by 'Vedomosti' went unanswered.
Meanwhile, a source at the central bank stated that, after the first newspaper articles concerning the sale of secret information came out, bank employees found themselves locked out of computer recording devices - disk drives, USB-connections, etc., and two months ago a new system of protection and access was introduced. According to a source at the central bank, the investigation has not revealed who the guilty parties may be inside the bank, but the results were sent to the authorities, and the leak is now being examined by the FSB.
When questioned, a representative of the FSB press service did not know whether his agency was conducting such an investigation or not. A source at the interior ministry stated that his organization is not studying the bank payment data leak.
Recall that trading in financial data bases is illegal. Collecting information which is a commercial or bank secret is punishable under Article 183 of the criminal codex by deprivation of freedom for up to two years, while using said information can lead to three years imprisonment.
In conclusion, let us present the experts' opinions. Analysts say that this will undermine confidence in the banks and could damage the reputation of entire Russian banking system. Companies will now use offshore banks more and more, or conduct smaller transactions.
Reminds me of a joke in Russia during the 1990s: A man walks into a bank and asks the teller, "Who do I see about opening an account?"
The teller replies, "A psychologist."
Wasn't there a movie about that? "The Depositors Must Be Crazy," or some such? :-)
Dang, I deleted that email thinking it was a scam.
I'd be scared of playing with data like that myself.
uzhzhas... kuda my katimsya?! skoro polnye dos'e na vsex zhiteley RF budut prodavat' s pal'chikami, fasami i profilami. 8( Bol'shiy Brat?Amazing how much they sould like... us :-)horrors... where are we heading?! soon full dossiers on every resident of the Russian Federation they'll sell with fingerprints, frontal and profile pictures. :-( Big brother?
Vot ehto lol!!! Sto pudov kto-to iz svoikh kachaet po-tikhomu bazu. Uzhe ne stesnyayas' cherez kur'era dostavlyayut, skoro za 6000 rubley mozhno budet kupit' voennye tayny RF, vmeste s pitstsey.
Now this is LOL!!! 100% it's one of their own copying the data base on the sly. Already he isn't shy about sending it through a courier, soon for 6000 rubels you'll be able to buy Russian Federation military secrets together with a pizza.
These comments are pure Russian, however:
>Ty zarplaty tamoshnie znaesh'?
>"professionalov" tuda ne zatashchish'.
Kakie zarplaty v TsB... ya znayu. Zarplaty mama ne goryuy. Mozh konechno uborshchiya tetya Dusya i poluchaet malo, no my ne pro uborshchits govorim. A tak tam zarplaty ox---nnye. Tak pribedyat'sya ne nado. Profi by radi tudy poyti, tol'ko X kto voz'met. Odin blat. Vot iz-za nego u nas v strane i ZHOPA.>You know what the pay is there?
>you couldn't drag 'professionals' over there.
What pay at the Central Bank... I know. Don't cry about pay, mama. Of course you can be cleaning lady Dusya and get very little, but we're not talking about cleaning women. But the pay there is so-so. So you don't have to go broke. Professionals would be happy to go there, but f--- who would take them. It's all by who you know. And here is why it's the rear end in our country.
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