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Verizon plays fast and loose with the wrong 1, 200 e-mail addresses
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:40:07 +0300 (EEST)
Bcc, bcc, and bcc... Mr. David Williams, technology coordinator for a Texas school district is being quoted in Network World article referenced: ""Considering their content (about data-breach seminars), I thought it very humorous that the TO: field of the e-mails contained over 1,200 e-mail addresses: 17 e-mails times 1,200 addresses equals more than 20,000 chances for leaks." Williams did more than merely chuckle, though, he tried to be helpful by forwarding to the Verizon sender a pair of links -- "Sins of The Internet: Not Using Bcc," and, "Use BCC field when addressing mass mail." Wrote the miscreant in reply: "I apologize for the inconvenience and lapse in judgment by not using the BCC field."" --clip-- More at http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/33767 Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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