[AusNOG] Security for CC details of new signups

[Daniel Hood]

Are the CC details stored in plain test or encrypted?

Dan

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Steve Skeevens <steve.skeevens at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> I've been doing some work on a client's network and I was wondering if
> their method of storing credit card numbers of newly registering users was
> BCP or not.  Basically, what seems to be happening is the new user's
> details, including CC, get stored in a world-readable file in /tmp.  I'm
> worried that this might be susceptible to being stolen and posted somewhere
> by a hacker.  Does this seem well-founded to you or am I just paranoid?
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
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