The last week to find the oldest data loss incident

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

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This message was posted on Monday 11st May during the downtime with subject Five days left to find the oldest data loss 
incident.
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The oldest documented vulnerability in computer security world is password file disclosure vulnerability from 1965,
found by Mr. Ryan Russell (and reported by William D. Mathews of MIT Libraries over 40 years ago).

Open Security Foundation launched a competition in April to find the oldest documented data loss incident.

They have announced that the last day to make a submission is next Friday - 15th May.

The contest page is located at
http://datalossdb.org/oldest_incidents_contest

Juha-Matti

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