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Re: Five days left to find the oldest data loss incident
From: "Elazar Broad" <elazar () hushmail com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 00:39:59 -0400
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Do cipher disks count? Though not mechanical, I guess you could say that they compute in a way similar to manual calculators i.e. the abacus. On Mon, 11 May 2009 12:39:47 -0400 Dragos Ruiu <dr () kyx net> wrote:
On 11-May-09, at 7:29 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:The oldest documented vulnerability in computer security worldispassword file disclosure vulnerability from 1965, found by Mr.RyanRussell. Open Security Foundation launched a competition in April to findtheoldest documented data loss incident. They have announced that the last day to make a submission isnextFriday - 15th May. The contest page is located at http://datalossdb.org/oldest_incidents_contest Juha-MattiMechanical computers are computers. The loss and the algorithmic crack of the Enigma machine circa 1939 should count - the story and break of the more difficult 4 rotor Naval Machine at Bletchley park recovered from the U-boat and cracked in 1941 is the most famous. http://users.telenet.be/d.rijmenants/en/enigmauboats.htm But I would nominate the break of the 3 Rotor Enigma circa 1939, by the Polish, as the first documented computer security vulnerability. http://www.avoca.ndirect.co.uk/enigma/index.html cheers, --dr -- World Security Pros. Cutting Edge Training, Tools, and Techniques London, U.K. May 27/28 2009 http://eusecwest.com Tokyo, Japan November 4/5 2009 http://pacsec.jp Vancouver, Canada March 22-26 http://cansecwest.com pgpkey http://dragos.com/ kyxpgp
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Current thread:
- Five days left to find the oldest data loss incident Juha-Matti Laurio (May 11)
- Re: Five days left to find the oldest data loss incident Dragos Ruiu (May 11)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Five days left to find the oldest data loss incident Elazar Broad (May 12)