US Carrier Exposed Credit Card Data in Clear Text

A newly hired database admin stumbled upon a shocking discovery on her first day - a main production server containing sensitive customer data, including full 16-digit credit card numbers stored in plain text, Social Security numbers, and billing information. The exposed data was found on a server that didn't even require a secondary system lookup, making it…

https://osintsights.com/us-carrier-exposed-credit-card-data-in-clear-text?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#DataExposure #CreditCardData #ClearText #Amdocs #UsCarrier

I read here that #Matrix / #Element has a dark history of funding and developing by the (original) Israeli company #Amdocs. I don't know if this is still the case, but alarming it is.

https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/matrix-vs-xmpp

So maybe I need to move away from Matrix. But to where? I really tried to endorse #XMPP, but two important issues stopped me.

1. Fluent multi-device support. I don't need to explain this I think.

2. Always end-to-end encryption for DM's and (at least by default) group chats.

Because we are now living in the year 2025, are both issues now fully resolved?

Amdocs laying off thousands in another round of cutbacks

Company expected to layoff 6.5% of the workforce worldwide but in Israel 200 employees out of the 5,000 are to be let go despite positive financial reports in recent quarters

#Amdocs #hightech

https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/h1hfn9vfh