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Air Force and Italian Army have in common? Their confidential info was open to viewing Thursday.
From: Chris Barton <chris_barton () YAHOO COM>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 02:08:56 -0700
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20000831/tc/security_gaffe_gores_bull_s_servers_1.html Security gaffe gores Bull's servers By Sylvain Simoneau, ZDNet France, Special to ZDNet What do France Telecom (NYSE:FTE - news), Barclays bank, the British Royal Air Force and Italian Army have in common? Their confidential info was open to viewing Thursday. PARIS -- A security flaw at Bull on Thursday briefly allowed anyone access to the IT company"s servers, offering up confidential information on both the company and its high-profile customers. Those customers include France Telecom, UK bank Barclays, the British Royal Air Force, the Italian Army and AĆ©rospatiale's missile division, among others. The flaw was fixed about noon local time on Thursday. Bull -- IBM's main competitor in France -- told ZDNet France that the hole had appeared that morning. The breach allowed any surfer access to highly sensitive information -- including, for example: Which servers are installed in the missile branch of AĆ©rospatial; Details on the type and location of servers used for the French national police database of stolen vehicles; Information on current Barclays projects; French bank Credit Agricole's security initiatives; The phone number of the billing supervisor at France Telecom; Information on the UK's Royal Air Force. rest at http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20000831/tc/security_gaffe_gores_bull_s_servers_1.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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