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>>thirty+(OP)
dang / mods: if anyone passing deserves the HN black banner, I think Mitnick deserves the banner.

>>SEJeff+G3
As one of the people whose credit card number was stolen from Netcom, I would strongly object to this. I'm not here to speak poorly of the dead, but I'm definitely here to judge those who think too highly of him.

>>cjense+z6
As someone too young to have a credit card in 1995, I’m curious: was its theft more of a “big deal” back then?

My Amex account number was stolen a month ago. It took me three minutes on the call with a rep to get it locked + a new card issued. I think I spent more time and effort on the phone with my dentist later that week.

>>owenma+C7
Less fraud protection. I got my first credit card in 1998 and started paying attention.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_and_Accurate_Credit_Tra...

This gave prior anti-fraud legislation more teeth and had a huge impact.