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Re: Verisign deep-hacked. For months.


From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:31:05 -0500 (EST)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Wheeler" <jsw () inconcepts biz>

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<ops.lists () gmail com> wrote:
So what part of VRSN got broken into? They do a lot more than just
DNS.

Indeed, VeriSign owns Illuminet, who are mission-critical for POTS.
Illuminet is also in the business of recording telephone calls, SMS
messages, etc. for law enforcement.

"Illuminet"?

Shea and Wilson would be proud.

Cheers,
-- jr 'and somewhere, an evil geek is dry-washing his hands' a
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