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Re: [privacy] Guidance Software Makes Deal with Feds Over Data Leak
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:12:41 -0500
Kinda funny hey called someone else in to do the forensics for this break in make you wonder... On 11/16/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is completely bogus. The FTC should've hit 'em where it hurts -- in the pocketbook. Via C|Net News. [snip] A leading seller of software for investigating computer crimes has reached a settlement with federal regulators, after a hacking incident exposed data on thousands of its customers. Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday, Pasadena, Calif.-headquartered Guidance Software must put into place a "comprehensive information-security program" and undergo audits by independent, third-party security professionals once every two years for the next decade. The intrusion into Guidance's servers, discovered last December, unmasked the names, addresses and credit card details of about 3,800 customers, the company said at the time. Guidance executives said they had notified all of its approximately 9,500 customers about the attack and called on the U.S. Secret Service to conduct an investigation. The company, one of the world's top providers of forensic software, counts government and law enforcement personnel and security researchers among its clientele. A handful of these reported suspicious credit card charges after the breach. [snip] More: http://news.com.com/2100-7350_3-6136165.html FTC link: http://ftc.gov/opa/2006/11/guidance.htm - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.1 (Build 1557) wj8DBQFFXLf/q1pz9mNUZTMRApZTAKDTUSMpBePs9XqXGYX/dAQU0EmGFACffQIu adRXryJxAauJ10UBN6uf3Xo= =CCzq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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- [privacy] Guidance Software Makes Deal with Feds Over Data Leak Fergie (Nov 16)
- Re: [privacy] Guidance Software Makes Deal with Feds Over Data Leak Dude VanWinkle (Nov 16)
- Re: [privacy] Guidance Software Makes Deal with Feds Over Data Leak Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 17)
- Re: [privacy] Guidance Software Makes Deal with Feds Over Data Leak Dude VanWinkle (Nov 16)