[LINK] Phishing plumbs new depths for Westpac Customers: XSS

[Jan Whitaker]

At 12:18 PM 21/11/2006, Roger Clarke wrote:
>Rick, please send this in the form of a complaint to:
>-   the Privacy Commissioner
>-   the ABA
>-   AGIMO
>-   AusCERT
>
>Sure, they'll all fall over backwards flick-passing it to one 
>another.  But there's a lot of nervousness in the Internet Banking 
>security arena at present, and your good, solid detail could really 
>hit the spot.

Yeah, right. I tried this re the reporting of attempts at money 
laundering phishing, including writing to Ellison (Justice and 
Customs Minister) and Coonan (Communications Minister) as well as the 
AFP and AUSCert. The only one with any decent answer was AUSCert. AFP 
said go to their website to report things like this (they're 
dreaming, as there is pretty much only advice (if you can find your 
way to it in an hour) about not replying to these sorts of emails - 
d'oh, ya think?), and I actually got a proper paper letter from 
Ellison saying that AFP and their High Tech Crime Centre had provided 
me with appropriate advice. I don't think so.

But to tell you the truth, I'm out of energy trying to help them do 
their fricking jobs. I even sent them the whois info about who was 
doing it! But no, they're never actually going to get off their butts 
and prosecute anyone. They may have to stop being run by public 
information officers if that were the case. I'm probably ranting more 
than I honestly feel here, but you got to admit, they really do NOT 
want to know.

Jan
PS: I still have my We$tpac security token. I forgot to give it back 
when I closed my account out of protest for their fees and charges a 
few months ago. I doubt they track them as I've never had a request 
to return it. I wonder what's inside? hee hee

Jan Whitaker
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