Forwarded From: blueskyat_private http://www.news.com/SpecialFeatures/0,5,26760,00.html?owv Auctions close major security hole By Janet Kornblum Staff Writer, CNET News.com September 24, 1998, 4:00 a.m. PT Hundreds and perhaps thousands of credit card numbers, home addresses, and phone numbers were exposed for months through a gaping security hole on many small Internet auction sites, raising serious questions about the effectiveness of online safeguards, CNET News.com has learned. Security experts said the problem was especially alarming because, unlike more technically complicated software problems, this one left records exposed to virtually anyone who happened to click on the right Web page listings. Records at several sites using older versions of the same auction software were exposed when administrators either did not secure their sites with keys or otherwise failed to use the software properly. The risk varied from site to site, ranging from data immediately accessible with a few mouse clicks to information obtainable through rudimentary hacking. -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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