Israel Matzav

Smart Jews

Now there's a great idea.

A group of Israeli hackers claim to have stolen Saudi credit card information and say that they will release it unless the Saudi hackers stop attacking us (there was another attack at the end of last week).

Israeli hackers who spoke to Ynet claimed on Monday that they have managed to lay their hands on the details of thousands of credit cards used on Saudi shopping websites. Ynet has confirmed the hackers' reports. "If the leaks continue, we will cause severe damage to the privacy of Saudi citizens," one of the Israeli hackers threatened.

The Israeli hackers' activities have yielded, according to the hackers, "thousands of lists that include the personal details of citizens in the Arab state as well as the credit card details of those citizens. At the moment, we're holding on to the information and waiting for the right moment to publish it," they stressed.

Ynet has looked into the details and can confirm that at least some of the names on the list are real and match the rest of the details presented in the hackers' list. Most of the identities matched the information in the file, their Facebook and email accounts as well as their telephone numbers. The people listed were mostly Saudi citizens.

Speaking to Ynet, Mohammad, a Saudi resident, confirmed the details and tried to find out how his telephone number and information was discovered. "That is my name and those are my personal details, but I don't know anything about a credit card leak, no one told me anything," he said before hanging up.

Heh.

Labels: identity theft, our friends the Saudis

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:33 PM