Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records - Consumerist Comments

Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records

xtc46 — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:57:42 EST

@iamme99: It is actually a very small percentage of people who do it. I'm not sure if that is because a lot of people are just honest, or because a huge majority of people wouldn't know who to approach or how to approach a group willing to buy the information. All I know is, people like this lower the credibility of the rest of us in the field.

xtc46

Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records

NefariousNewt — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:20:42 EST

@iamme99: Especially true if they are desperate for money. It seems like an easy solution, but the problem comes when, as in this case, someone correlates the data with another set of data that could only be available from the original source. It was a bonehead play, made even more so by incorporating his own business to sell the list to someone else. He should have held out for cash.

NefariousNewt

Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records

nutrigm — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:43:34 EST

This always reminds me of my great-grandfather's saying: "To whomever that claims to be honest and above all bribes; offer him a bribe equivalent to 10 years' earnings and then see how honest he really is!"

nutrigm

Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records

iamme99 — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:14:30 EST

I've always suspected that a lot of people with access to their companies customer data bases have sold data at some point. I don't think this case is unique.

iamme99

Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records

BigNutty — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:33:48 EST

I still do it because it does not cost me a penny and I keep hoping someday these companies will receive so many "empty envelopes" they might start putting their advertising dollars to better use than cramming my mailbox full of junk I never asked for.

BigNutty

Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records

Amelie — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:26:25 EST

I must be really jaded. My first reaction was, "Oh thank God, he didn't sell the financial data to some crime ring."

Amelie

Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records

BensAngel — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:31:43 EST

@anneofandover: Take a look around...

BensAngel

Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records

mandarin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:49:50 EST

That sucks. Wheres justice?

mandarin

Consumer Agency IT Pro Admits To Stealing 8.4 Million Records

AnneofAndover — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:44:13 EST

I read once that you should send the return envelopes enclosed in junk mail back to the sender empty to stick it to them. They have to pay the postage and deal with the extra mail they receive. I did this for quite a while until I could no longer be bothered. If someone were to inform me that it was worth the effort I would be inclined to continue. Anyone?

AnneofAndover