Mastercard problems

Wed Dec 8 22:23:43 UTC 2010

"MasterCard works closely with the 
U.S. Secret Service, the FBI, the Postal Inspection Service, Interpol, 
Europol and counterpart organizations throughout the world to facilitate investigation and prosecution."

http://www.mastercard.com/us/merchant/security/collaborating_experts.html

Andrew

----- Original Message -----
From:James Downs <egon at egon.cc>
To:andrew.wallace <andrew.wallace at rocketmail.com>
Cc:Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists at gmail.com>; "nanog at nanog.org" <nanog at nanog.org>
Sent:Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 21:30:20
Subject:Re: Mastercard problems

On Dec 8, 2010, at 12:30 PM, andrew.wallace wrote:

> I would say the attack falls under the jurisdiction of the US secret service since this is an attack on the financial system.
> 
> "Today the agency's primary investigative mission is to safeguard the payment and financial systems of the United States." --- secretservice.gov

Yikes.. you consider a private company's business to be the financial and payment system of the United States?

-j