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Open Security Foundation To Maintain DataLossDB
An anonymous reader points out an announcement up at Attrition.org, that going forward their Data Loss Database will be taken over and maintained by the Open Security Foundation. From the news release: "...OSF is pleased to announce that the DataLossDB (also known as the Data Loss Database — Open Source [DLDOS] currently run by Attrition.org) will be formally maintained as an ongoing project under the OSF umbrella organization as of July 15, 2008... The project's core mission is to track the loss or theft of personally identifying information not just from the United States, but across the world. As of June 4, 2008, DataLossDB contains information on over 1,000 breaches of personal identifying information covering over 330 million records. The... DataLossDB will be free for download and use in non-profit work and research. The new website launch builds off of the current data set and provides an extensive list of new features."
Seriously? You named your project 'dildos'? You might want to rethink that acronym folks.
Isn't it better to just use Mysql?
Engineering is the art of compromise.
Yes, but the problem is that it's not just data that's lost; it's information. (Data and information are, after all, not the same thing.)
Therefore, I propose the following name:
"Data/Information Loss Database - Open Source" (DILDOS).
Sample conversation: "Hey, we've got a security breach! Looks like 10,000 accounts have been compromised!" "*sigh* Okay, pack it up and send it to the DILDOS, they'll know what to do with it."
Yup. Much better already.
No need to thank me, that's my job.
"Global Open Access Theft Sharing Enterprise" was taken.