[mdlug] Pr0n network breach

[Aaron Kulkis]

Robert Adkins wrote:
>> -----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?
> 

Yes it would.