Re: [Full-disclosure] simple phishing fix

nowhere near "a few hundred thousand"

On 30-Jul-08, at 12:29 PM, Exibar wrote:

> There are quite a few credit unions and smaller "savings  
> institutions" that are not FDIC insured.
>
>  Not to mention all the FDIC insured "savings institutions" that are  
> worth less than $100 million....
>
>   Exibar
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dragos Ruiu
> To: Exibar
> Cc: stuart@cyberdelix.net ; full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] simple phishing fix
>
>
> On 30-Jul-08, at 9:19 AM, Exibar wrote:
>
> > No time to comment on most, but just to throw this in there:
> >    Here in the states we have a few hundred thousand different  
> > banks at
> > least.  500 is WAY too small of a number.  Credit Unions are banks,  
> > small
> > banks, and almost every city has at least one credit union.  The  
> > city I grew
> > up in has 12 or so different credit unions, along with all the  
> > major bank
> > branches....
>
> FDIC says:
>
>  4,893 banks or savings institutions have more than $100 million in  
> assets; 3,517 have $100 to $500 million; 859 have $500 million to $5  
> billion; 150 have $5 to $50 billion; and 22 have more than $50  
> billion.
>
> Circa 2003.

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