Vote Someone Else's Shares
Do you own shares of a Janus mutual fund? Can you vote your shares through a website called vote.proxy-direct.com? If so, you can vote the shares of others.
If you have a valid proxy number, you can add 1300 to the number to get another valid proxy number. Once entered, you get another person’s name, address, and account number at Janus! You could then vote their shares too.
It’s easy.
Probably illegal.
Definitely a great resource for identity thieves.
Certainly pathetic.
Bill Gates • November 24, 2005 11:06 AM
I think this happens because security costs too much and many customers don’t understand anything about security anyway. What’s the diffrence to the customer whether you invested $10,000 or $10 on security? They don’t know, so companies don’t bother. To make the Internet more secure, we need to teach greater security awareness. It is any suprise that this happens when most people still believe that 512 bit RSA is more secure than AES-256?