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IP: Privacy Flaw Found at Verizon Wireless Site
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 13:39:24 -0400
Damn and I use this djf
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 17:38:30 -0400 To: dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu> From: Brian McWilliams <brian () pc-radio com> Subject: Privacy Flaw Found at Verizon Wireless Site FYI ... Privacy Flaw Found at Verizon Wireless Site http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169729.html Verizon Wireless is leaking private information about cell phone customers who use its Web site, Newsbytes has confirmed. The privacy flaw, discovered by a Seattle software developer, enables unauthorized individuals to browse customer account information, including billing details. Using instructions posted Saturday by Marc Slemko to a security mailing list, Newsbytes was able to pull up detailed billing records of Verizon Wireless customers who use the firm's My Account service. Brian Wood, executive director of corporate communications, said Verizon Wireless is still investigating the validity and scope of the problem. "If our investigations uncover a security lapse, we will take immediate action to fix it," said Wood. Verizon Wireless has 28 million customers, an undisclosed number of which use the company's Web site to manage their accounts, said Wood. Slemko, a founding member of the Apache Software Foundation, said he decided to go public with his discovery after reporting the privacy flaw to the wireless carrier two weeks ago and receiving no reply. [snip]
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