ePassporte: A New Twist On Things!
 

Surfing the net today while still bleary-eyed from the night before, my eyes were jarred completely open when I found this in another location and am wondering what you might think of the possibility:

"On September 2nd a malicious action was launched by a group of unknown hackers that targeted the database of epassporte customers. As a standard procedure, an order had been issued through the SKNA National Bank to block all access to accounts. SKNA contacted VISA and terminated the program until the security issue would have been resolved.

"At the request of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank (SKNA), on September 2, 2010, Visa blocked network access for prepaid cards issued by SKNA and operated by ePassporte.com to address certain program deficiencies."

Is this information possibly accurate and was it kept secret by ePassport in order to avoid mass panic and to hide it's security vulnerabilities?

This information was gathered from different sources and may not be 100% accurate, but also may be the most credible information so far uncovered."

What say you?

Sally.

So you post very damning information, without source, and then admit that it could be total BS?

No, I made an inquiry based on the results of legitimate research, asking for comments on the possibility that the indications of the findings might be correct.

Sally.

SallyPsycho is on the case https://gfy.com/image.php?u=99505&dateline=1283543697

Don't worry everyone - just look at my avatar.

i hacked epass and stolded all your monies are belong to us now....

when mr's mallick comes here and admits that he is horrible movie maker man i will return funds in motion....




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without source, it's just another rumor.

Its on the internet it must be true... Wow just fucking Wow, gfy gets dumber everyday...

So what is your source?

more bathroom reading material:

http://www.paulweiss.com/files/Publi...7ff/998062.pdf

yep ... our money is just fine!

They did switch hosting providers a few days ago..

People, I didn't write that the theory was true! I didn't write that I believed it. I only asked what you thought of it! I cannot cite the source here without being in serious violation of GFY rules anyway.

I must write that it makes as much sense as some of the other theories which have been offered up, expecially since the three directly concerned parties are playing "Hot Potato" with the ultimate responsibility!

Sally.

Sally Sally Sally Sally .... *sigh*

More of J. Christopher Mallick's upstanding business practises ...

http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/flsup...3/86913ini.pdf (you can start reading around page 16 ...)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/03/05/25299.htm

If J. Christopher Mallick is such a good guy, why is his name all over the www as DEFENDANT in so many court cases?? I'm beginning to see a pattern ....

interesting is that Giovanni Ribisi is also a co-defendant ...

Post your source.

Here's the original statement:

?At the request of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank (SKNA), on September 2, 2010, Visa blocked network access for prepaid cards issued by SKNA and operated by ePassporte.com to address certain program deficiencies. ePassporte.com is a third-party agent that works with SKNA.

?It is important to note that impacted SKNA prepaid cardholders are still able to access their funds through SKNA or SKNA?s agent, ePassporte.com. For more information cardholders should contact SKNA or ePassporte.com.

?Visa is committed to maintaining the integrity of its global payment network and routinely conducts due diligence to ensure Visa prepaid programs adhere to the company?s stringent program requirements and controls.?

Source: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/09/v...ks-epassporte/

Either the part about the hacking attempt was deleted from the original statement, or it was tacked on after the fact as an extremely convenient excuse for this whole debacle..

Bullshit. Sourcing that to ADX is not breaking a rule.

The rule is to not spam other boards. Sourcing something is not spamming another board with the intent of stealing members.

Her source is an a post on ADX from a user named NOXED who joined in September 2010 and has a total of 3 posts. He does not source his statement, just posts it.

in the end no matter what happened none of you will know because whatever is told to you will be designed that way.

What a shock

Ah, thanks for the calrification on the rules! I will read them more closely next time! I did not see the Krebs security post. Yes it is quite possible that parts of the original Krebs post were deleted or that my source is merely speculating and I indicated that in my OP.

I found the reference on ADX and it does make sense in a way as a security breach would sure as Hell be a "program deficiency"! A security breach would also go a long way towards explaining the otherwise inexplicable moves of funds from wallets to Visa ATM cards, which is exactly what several users have complained about on this very board. If the system were hacked and the hackers had the Visa/ATM info, they could easily clone the cards, move funds from the wallet and then strip them using the card.

ePassporte, VISA and the bank would all three be loathe to admit that their systems had been breached.

Just a scenario which may well have some validity or may be complete bullshit but is nevertheless, worthy of consideration..

Sally.

Yes, a user NOXED posted this today on askdamagex. Few are touching this because there really is no source. Might be total BS, might come from one of these underground hacker forums... and still be BS. No source what-so-ever = leave it alone.

No source what-so-ever == Probably Bullshit and not worth repeating

Just imho of course

this isn't even a rumor, it's just bs.

I agree with you

Is.
Sally.
Sabby.
?
:)

I guarantee that SallyRand is not Sabby.







Sabby is way smarter. :thumbsup

this part is interesting:

were they thinking about epassporte???

Correct! It was small group of very smart aliens. Alien A , alien B and alien C. Alien B is between alien A and alien C. He have nickname: MIDDLE MAN

zhe internetz always tell the truth

It would have to be a hell of a security issue to take a week to fix...

bullshit, how SKNA would know that epassporte is hacked ? if it was about security issue then epassporte would tell to block accounts because of hackers attack

so epassporte is hacked and after week they still dont know what happened and SKNA with VISA are taking care of epassporte security issue ? yeah right, so what is doing epassporte boss, he's in motion or what

How do you know that?

No.

Sally is Sally.

Sally.

Maybe...just maybe she's right!

I was thinking about this scenario few days ago!

Sally is just as stupid.

Is Sally Sabby's sister?

Sally.

why attack the woman? she just posted what was on the other board. sounds semi-plausible too..

in other hands this hosting switching thing is interesting. maybe there is some truth in this.

and dont attack Sally she just wanted to help, text was copied from other board dumbass

Thanks, Cali and I think it's plausible as well. If ePass had been hacked the bank might well lock up the funds until ePass could very clearly and positively demonstrate that the system was secure and the verification process could easily take a week to satisfy the bank. Combine a security issue with the August 22 changes in certain Debit/ATM card laws and you could have a Mess de Luxe!

I don't know for sure what is going on and I think no one outside of ePass,VISA and the bank does either and none of those three are really giving out any worthwhile information. I also know of no one who can positively show that they have received any money from ePass in the last few days, despite a few posts claiming that they have.

We shall see what we shall see.

Thanks again!

Sally.

So, which of you two is Cindy? California? Sally? or both?


hmm........

It actually reads like PayCom .... but they have their facts distorted

Who the Hell is "Cindy"?

WTF?

Sally.

No problem :)

In fact, i think this scenario would be positive for people who have funds in epass unless the potential hackers actually succeeded in stealing the money. after removing the security breach epassporte's relations with visa and the bank could then theoretically get back to normal.. it would also to some degree justify epassporte's silence on this..

Sounds plausible...

Everything is possible and I'm not discarding this. It's just that this sounded more like a somewhat strange *statement* than a "report" when it was posted on askdamagex this morning. No reference to anything. However, it's not totally new (been mentioned twice earlier this week) and some have speculated in a link to a US telecom scam earlier this year. Pure speculation.

Just like the stuff Epassporte rights here, that must be true. Because its on the internet and they are obviously a reliable source.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

This is the Visa statement we have seen quoted by multiple sites:

If what Sally posted is the real deal, I don't know about you, but I think if the system's security is the program's deficiency that caused visa lock everything down, I might feel better about a hack being the cause of the balance sheet discrepancies. Provided no one's personal data was compromised, the funds should be able to be tracked down and returned.

Maybe I'm not looking deep enough into it, but I kind of feel like a known quantity such as a group of hackers being the cause seems preferable to being kept in darkness, constantly hearing accusations someone from Epassporte has been double dipping.

still no news om this ?

Well am 80% sure that epass was hacked in some way. Cause if you remember this shit started in a second. There was nothing indicating that this is going to happaned!
Epass is huge company hacking it would do big damage, even if you dont succeed!

And maybe i'll mistaking, but why did Epass asking for those ID last few days in that huge number, maybe not to wire your money to someone they shouldn't.

In any case we'll wait a little longer, if this is the real deal am sure that Epass will be back on their feet in no time, cause this things do happen!
And if its not then we all fucked!