Information Security News mailing list archives
Malaysian ISP Admits 'Human Error' In Security Fiasco
From: William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 23:31:23 -0500
http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/149718.html By Julian Matthews, Newsbytes KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, 28 May 2000, 10:22 PM CST Malaysian Government-funded research corporation and Internet service operator Mimos Berhad admits that a staff member carelessly placed a large number of confidential company files on a publicly accessible Internet server. Mimos Chief Operating Officer Dr Mohamed Awang-Lah said in an e-mail response to Newsbytes on Sunday that the incident was the result of "human error" and "carelessness." "One of our staff created a directory on a server and accidentally made it publicly accessible. The staff member uploaded the files for back-up purposes without taking adequate measures to protect them," he said. Dr Mohamed said "appropriate action" will be taken against the errant staff member but declined to say whether this would result in her dismissal. "Mimos regrets the careless placement of such documents in a public server. But we wish to reiterate that the incident did not involve any breach, intrusion or compromise on Mimos' servers or networks," he said. [...] *-------------------------------------------------* "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." Gen. Alfred. M. Gray, USMC --------------------------------------------------- C4I Secure Solutions http://www.c4i.org *-------------------------------------------------* ISN is sponsored by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
Current thread:
- Malaysian ISP Admits 'Human Error' In Security Fiasco William Knowles (May 30)