Re: [Dataloss] fringe: El Reg in SHOCK email address BLUNDER

["George Toft" <george () georgetoft com>]

There's a lot to be said for full automation and removing humans from the 
process.

George


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From: "security curmudgeon" <jericho () attrition org>
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Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 11:34 AM
Subject: [Dataloss] fringe: El Reg in SHOCK email address BLUNDER


> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/24/email_blunder/
>
> El Reg in SHOCK email address BLUNDER
> Turning ourselves in to the ICO right now
> By Team Register
> 24th October 2011 10:07 GMT
>
> Between 8:58 and 10:20 BST this morning we sent an email to 3,521 of you
> that contained the names and email addresses of 46,524 of our readers.
>
> Obviously, this was an error. The two-stage send process that is the norm
> for all of our mailers was over-looked because someone was in a hurry.
>
> We would like to offer our genuine and humble apologies for the error.
>
> [..]
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