Confirmed: Developer of software stolen for Green Dam is under attack

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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Via ZD Government:
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=5049

"Yesterday I posted [1] that staff at Solid Oak were targeted with attack
emails by sources unknown. Solid Oak is the maker of CyberSitter — which
was clearly purloined by the developers of Green Dam.

At that point it wasn’t clear that the questionable emails were
definitely targeted at the company, but now marketing director Jenna
DiPasquale writes to confirm that the emails are an direct attack on Solid
Oak.

'We worked with Microsoft to analyze them, and they were able to confirm
that the attachments were attacks that were specifically designed for us.
We found several other emails caught in our filters that were similar, yet
individualized. It’s obvious someone sent these by hand. We are not
definitively certain but there is evidence that they are Chinese in
origin.'

The FBI has been contacted."

- - ferg

[1] http://government.zdnet.com/?p=5034

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawgster(at)gmail.com
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/

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