FC: Network Solns exposes (whoops!) 85,000+ customer email addresses

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Also see David McGuire's article yesterday:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35318-2003Jan23.html
        
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Subject: Network Solutions Gives Out Random Lists of Email Addresses FWD: .ORG
 Domain Name Update
To: declan () well com
From: Mark_Alves
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 09:01:40 -0500

Declan,

I'm the administrative contact for a website registered with Network
Solutions.

http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=stcharleschurch.org&SearchType=do

Network Solutions sent me the attached email with a long list of email
addresses unrelated to any business I do with them. How many spammers do
you think received a similar goldmine of addresses? And how many people did
they send my address to?

I'm sharing this with you since I suspect this isn't an isolated incident;
this is one more source if you need it.

[Please keep my email address private, as well as those listed below.]

-Mark D. Alves

----- Forwarded by Mark Alves/MSP/HQ/FHLMC on 01/23/2003 08:47 AM -----

                    "Network Solutions, 
Inc." 

                    <customernotification@networksolu       To:     WEBTEAM
                    tions.com>                              cc: 

                                                            Subject: 
.ORG Domain Name Update
                    01/23/2003 06:24 
AM 


[incredibly long list deleted --DBM]




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