Re: news: Confidential Shell database published on web

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Thanks for sharing.
This started during week 6:
http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2010/02/04/potentially-disastrous-data-security-breach-at-shell/

Juha-Matti

Shawn Merdinger [shawnmer () gmail com] kirjoitti: 
> 1.  http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article7024417.ece
>
> "Royal Dutch Shell was at the centre of a major security breach last
> night after the names and telephone numbers of tens of thousands of
> the oil companys staff were circulating freely on the internet.  The
> details of up to 170,000 workers and contractors linked to the
> company, including some workers addresses, were contained in a
> database of Shells global workforce."
>
> 2.  http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2010/02/12/contact-details-for-170000-shell-employees-a-prize-for-hackers/
>
> "...the company subsequently told the press, including the FT, that
> the database leak was not a security risk."
>
> 3.  http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2010/02/12/which-shell-official-lied-about-employee-data-breach-implications/
>
> the leak is no more dangerous than handing out business cards
>
>
> cheers,
> --scm

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