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German IT-news-site heise.de is reporting on it, I guess there'll be an english translation soon. http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Studenten-entdecken-Taus

by m8rl 12y ago

German IT-news-site heise.de is reporting on it, I guess there'll be an english translation soon. http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Studenten-entdecken-Tausende-offene-Firmen-Datenbanken-im-Internet-2545183.html http://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Studenten-entdecken-Tau... Original (German language) press release is here: http://www.uni-saarland.de/nc/en/news/article/nr/12173.html http://www.uni-saarland.de/nc/en/news/article/nr/12173.html

fabian2k 12y ago
And it's not just small stuff either, 8 million phone numbers and addresses in one case. That is beyond embarrassing.
- spacecowboy_lon 12y ago
  Lol I remember finding back in 92 that the ITU's gopher server had all of my employers x.500 directory - a more inocent time :-)
- Fiahil 12y ago
  What is even more embarrassing, is the lack of proper acknowledgment from the French Telecommunication provider (Bouygues Telecom?) regarding the safety of their customers' data.