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Data leak, and a shocking case of actual corporate responsibility
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:55:33 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:39:41 -0500 From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> Subject: Data leak, and a shocking case of actual corporate responsibility To: dave () farber net Not in the US, of course. Had this happened here, some mid- and low-level people would be blamed and fired, and senior management would give themselves bonuses for managing the crisis so well. ---Rsk----- Forwarded message from Chris Uren <pressedpork.animal.spamtrap () myrealbox com> -----
> From: Chris Uren <pressedpork.animal.spamtrap () myrealbox com> > Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.email > Subject: [Media] Softbank rocked by giant data leak > Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:03:57 +0000 > > Are we ever likely to see the day when a Western Board of Directors > act in a similar way and accept the buck stops here. ?? > > http://theregister.com/content/7/35909.html > > Softbank rocked by giant data leak > By Tim Richardson > Posted: 27/02/2004 at 17:46 GMT > The Register Mobile: Find out what the fuss is about. Take the two > week trial today. > > Senior execs at Softbank in Japan are to take a pay cut after the > personal details of more than four million broadband punters leaked out. > > Softbank - which together with Yahoo! operates broadband outfit > "Yahoo! BB" in Japan - has been the victim of a scam to extort > billions of Yen from the company, reported The Japan Times. > > Earlier this week, Softbank confirmed it was cooperating with police > over an "attempted extortion using Yahoo! BB client data", following > reports in the press. > > At the time Softbank said it was aware of 242 punters whose personal > data had been compromised. The info included addresses, names, > telephone numbers, dates of application and email addresses. However, > no credit or security information such as credit card numbers, > passwords or records of use was included. > > Today, it's emerged that the leak - thought to be an inside job - > covers some 4.5m former and existing Yahoo! BB punters. Internal > security has been tightened, said Softbank. > > At a news conference Softbank president, Masayoshi Son, apologised for > the slip and said he and other senior execs would be on half pay for > the next six months. > > The company is set to spend around four billion yen (£20 million) > compensating those hit by the leak. ® ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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