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November 22nd, 2002, 02:04 PM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/28252.html
-{ Quote: "Microsoft made customer details - along with numerous confidential internal documents - freely available from a deeply insecure FTP server earlier this month.
A well as numerous PowerPoint slides, such as Linux Vs Windows comparisons and .NET strategy papers, Microsoft "published" files an estimated 11 million customer email addresses and seven million snail mail address on the server.
Andreas Marx, a security consultant with German firm Gega IT- Solutions, blames a poorly implemented security policy on the problem. Microsoft has since purged confidential data from the server, but you have to wonder why the data was made so readily available to spammers and goodness knows who else in the first place. The social engineering potential of such leaked data is particularly alarming." }-
Simply unbelievable! This is the company that wants everyone in the world to trust them with your personal information and credit card numbers - on the net.
I honestly don't know whats more disturbing and represents the biggest threat to our, privacy, security, and peace of mind - Bush or Gates.
You guys and gals in the Neatherlands got any room for me and the misses? >:(
-{ Quote: "Microsoft made customer details - along with numerous confidential internal documents - freely available from a deeply insecure FTP server earlier this month.
A well as numerous PowerPoint slides, such as Linux Vs Windows comparisons and .NET strategy papers, Microsoft "published" files an estimated 11 million customer email addresses and seven million snail mail address on the server.
Andreas Marx, a security consultant with German firm Gega IT- Solutions, blames a poorly implemented security policy on the problem. Microsoft has since purged confidential data from the server, but you have to wonder why the data was made so readily available to spammers and goodness knows who else in the first place. The social engineering potential of such leaked data is particularly alarming." }-
Simply unbelievable! This is the company that wants everyone in the world to trust them with your personal information and credit card numbers - on the net.
I honestly don't know whats more disturbing and represents the biggest threat to our, privacy, security, and peace of mind - Bush or Gates.
You guys and gals in the Neatherlands got any room for me and the misses? >:(