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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by codedokode on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:25PM (#18570650)
Card information has no value because it is very easy to reissue a card. Things like name or phone number, or address, cannot be changed so easily and have much higher value.
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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by closeparen on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:56PM (#18570918)
Things like name, phone number, and address are not secret. They are published in the phone book.
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Re:Marriott hack hits 500M Starwood guests by jstarfish on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:56PM (#18570919)
Card information is literally cash money. It's volatile and subject to being rendered defunct, but it still has a lot of value if you can buy a bunch of prepaid gift cards with them before it's deactivated.
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