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Re: Too much security is holding back ecommerce
From: "Kitetoa () Kitetoa com" <kitetoa () kitetoa com>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 10:24:14 +0100
Hello, Jay, You wish to see a "top 40 blue chip companies" that have a low regard of security? Easy... Kitetoa are the guys who made this happen: "Last August, Bull had to mount an internal investigation after confidential customer data was left on a French Web server in plain view sans password or cryptographic protection. Customers reportedly affected included Royal Air Force, Barclays and France Telecom." which you could read in the Register's paper. I mean... we are the ones who found this unprotected server. And published the story here: http://www.kitetoa.com/Pages/Textes/Les_Dossiers/Admins/Ze-mega-Kite-Teuf/bu ll.htm This month we found the SAM file with a simple web browser for the www.bull.co.uk web server... The story is here: http://www.kitetoa.com/Pages/Textes/Les_Dossiers/Admins/Admin6/info-hack-bul l.co.uk.htm A paper has been writen in ZdnetUK (in english) about this one. You'll find it here: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2001/7/ns-21093.html About Evidian, you need to see these screenshots: http://www.kitetoa.com/Images/Bull/bull-evidian-publisher1.jpg http://www.kitetoa.com/Images/Bull/bull-evidian-webpublisher-services1.jpg For the "top I_can't_even_count_anymore blue chips" that have a low regard of security, please go to this url (most of it is in french but I'm sure you'll understand everything looking at the screenshots- click on the links in the papers): http://www.kitetoa.com/Pages/Textes/Les_Dossiers/Admins/Admin3/r3capitu1atif fadminszhtm.htm Best, K. -----Message d'origine----- De : Jay D. Dyson <jdyson () TREACHERY NET> À : ISN () SECURITYFOCUS COM <ISN () SECURITYFOCUS COM> Date : vendredi 2 mars 2001 08:26 Objet : Re: [ISN] Too much security is holding back ecommerce
I for one would very much like to see the list of those "top 40 blue chip companies" that have such a low regard for security. I can guarantee you that I'll never do business with them again. I see no reason to put my personal credit at risk for their own insipid want of convenience. - -Jay
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