[LINK] big pong email system breached

[Richard Chirgwin]

The SMH had it Friday afternoon:

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/telstra-customer-database-exposed-20111209-1on60.html

This was followed up by the Oz, also on Friday afternoon. Other outlets 
(including yours truly on The Register) ran it on Saturday morning (I 
was travelling on Friday; can't be everywhere).

The Yahoo headline is a little misleading; it wasn't a "breach", in the 
sense of a hacker penetrating through the site's security. It was a 
stuff-up that left customer information available without security.

RC

On 10/12/11 8:58 PM, Noel Butler wrote:
> Sloppy... amazing none of the media outlets reported on this until 24
> hours later?
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> http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/12304993/bigpond-email-back-online/
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