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Acxiom Hacking Details Made Public

Posted by michael on from the may-not-need-new-credit-cards-after-all dept.

pgrote writes "As mentioned previously, the Acxiom consumer database company was compromised. More details have emerged including the background of the alleged hacker and the method used to gather access. It turns out he had access since December of 2002 and came in through an unsecured FTP server. The suspect was not a former employee of Acxiom as previously reported, but an employee of data mining company."

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  1. good money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And he was paid good money to do it. These types of operations are more covert then any CIA operation for the simple fact of legal liability. Trust me, he was paid to do it.

  2. Re:Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That was probably something that some crazy prosecutor came up with. Password are sent clear text to ftp.. if the guy sniffed network traffic or ripped of a passwd file or something, that's different.. but if that were the case.. why are we now saying "unsecured ftp"?

  3. MAYBE HE WAS A HACKER WHO LIKED CRACKING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    MAYBE HE WAS A HACKER WHO JUST HAPPENED TO CRACK A FTP SERVER?

    DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT FAG?

    THE TWO TERMS AREN'T MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE OK SUCKA FAG.

    I KNOW YOU GET YOUR SELF ESTEEM BY FANCYING YOURSELF A HACKER (BIG POSER) BUT PLEASER STOP ACTING SO GAY.

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