--- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 01:32:34 -0400 (EDT) From: "John F. McMullen" <observerat_private> To: johnmacsgroupat_private cc: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private>, Dave Farber <farberat_private> Subject: HOLES FOUND IN CITY'S 'NET More Good Security! >From the New York Post -- http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/53854.htm HOLES FOUND IN CITY'S 'NET By DAVID SEIFMAN The city has abruptly yanked an official Web site after discovering that personal data from nearly 2,000 online job applicants - including home addresses and Social Security numbers - could be viewed by anyone. Officials stressed there's no evidence any of the information was pirated, but they've contacted all 1,942 applicants and advised them to "consider taking various precautions, including the contacting of all major credit bureaus, creditors and banking institutions." [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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