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Re: An amazing use of DLDOS
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 19:37:23 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Adam Shostack wrote: ": " I've been thinking for a bit that it would be great if reporters had a ": " document that helped guide them to ask interesting, probing questions ": " about these failures. We might provide similar guideance to the ": " agencies who accept these reports on what questions they should offer ": " up on their sites. ": " ": " Adam Unfortunately, most interviews seem top go like this: Reporter: What exactly was the nature of this breach? PR-Dude: A [laptop] was stolen on mm/dd/yyyy from [pizza hut] Reporter: Was there personally identifiable information on the [laptop]? PR-Dude: We have yet to ascertain what type of data was on the [laptop]. Reporter: Do you know how many people may have been affected? PR-Dude: We're still in the process of compiling numbers. We have 3.75 billion clients, but apparently only 12 may have been affected. Those 12 will possibly be given free credit reporting for a year and be entered into the Federal Witness Protection Program. Reporter: Errr.... ok... PR-Dude: In addition, all data on the [laptop] was password protected. People shouldn't worry. Really. We mean that. But we're still going to notify them. Just in case. You know. Reporter: ... PR-Dude: Encryption? I didn't understand the question. Reporter: I didn't ask one... PR-Dude: Oh. My bad. Move to strike... (Sorry, Adam... just had to get that out...) :) _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 143 million compromised records in 337 incidents over 6 years.
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