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SocGen Trader Was No Super Hacker

Kerviel gained passwords through careless IT security

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 4, 2008 3:56 PM CST

(Newser) – While he’s been called a computer genius, the access Jerome Kerviel obtained to the Société Générale’s systems was probably the result of terrible IT security, writes PC World, not a successful hack of the French bank’s computers. Managing a...   Read full story »

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