[mdlug] Pr0n network breach

[Robert Adkins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Michael Rudas
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 1:30 AM
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Pr0n network breach
> 
> Jeff Hanson wrote:
> 
> > I can't remember where it was mentioned (maybe on the LugWash list) 
> > but there are some local IT firms involved with the pr0n industry.
> > Apparently some of the Internet sites use an accounting system 
> > developed by Too Much Media.  Their servers were breached and the 
> > crackers gained access to the subscriber lists of several of their 
> > clients.
> 
> What's not mentioned in the linked article is that the breach 
> occurred months ago and that Too Much Media initially kept 
> the breach secret, then actually went as far as to threaten 
> ITS OWN CUSTOMERS with legal reprisals if they made the 
> breach public -- which is why the "chatter"
> was initially limited to industry-insider boards.  A sorry 
> state off affairs, indeed -- but a class-action lawsuit would 
> further expose any participants, so that avenue for redress 
> is unlikely to be used.
> 
> ~~ Mikey

	I would presume that at least a few customers using that service
might be from California, would that not mean that they have broken that
Californian law regarding immediate disclosure of such events?

	-Rob