HI
I am planning to adopt a child (international) this year - I just received
the following message from my newsgroup...
REPEATED MESSAGE - BROADCAST TO ALL EEAC ADOPTION LISTS
The following message came in 2/10 from the US Secret Service via
NASA's security office. I believe that it has important ramifications
for anyone planning travel to Russia
>From: NASA Security
>Subject: ATM use in Russia
>
>The following might be of use to personnel traveling or planning to
>travel to Russia:
>
>The U.S. Secret Service has confirmed that it believes that Moscow
>has experienced a major compromise of its ATM system. It is
>suggested that travelers to Russia conduct bankcard transactions at
>a bank window with a live teller. It is also suggested that
>travelers strictly limit their overall credit card use while in
>Russia.
EEAC subscribers may reproduce and redistribute this message without
restriction.
Rgds
Ed Hamlin
-- mmmm (mmmm@mmmm.com), February 11, 2000