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ISP Emails Customer Database To Thousands

Posted by samzenpus on from the give-me-a-list dept.

Barence writes "British ISP Demon Internet has mistakenly sent out a spreadsheet containing the personal details of more than 3,600 customers with one of its new ebills. The spreadsheet contains email addresses, telephone numbers and what appears to be usernames and passwords for the ebilling system. It was attached to an email explaining how to use the new system. Police forces and NHS trusts are among the email addresses listed in the database. A spokesman for Demon Internet confirmed that the company "was aware this happened this morning"."

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  1. Re:To err is human... by peragrin · · Score: 0, Troll

    they are on an excel spreadsheet. that means windows. That means security and encryption is beyond the users abilities.

    In a true system that file should never have been able to be copied let alone emailed.

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    i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
  2. Re:Meanwhile ... at Demon Internet Corporate Offic by Runaway1956 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fluffy. Bunny. Girlintraining says fluffy bunny. /me ponders the probability that if a MAN came up with that name, he would be carted away on pedo and bestiality charges. Reality: stranger than fiction.

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    "Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
  3. Re:Bad start: Name the company "Demon". by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 0, Troll

    talents

    Hollywood script writer

    Oxymoron

  4. Re:Meanwhile ... at Demon Internet Corporate Offic by AHuxley · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fluffy Bunny calls Sally into the office and notes support calls are up.
    This Linux thing is hard.
    Fluffy Bunny and Sally have new cars, flats and a lifestyle to support. Fluffy Bunny calls Sally to place admin ads.
    They get a few hackers who can do the work and a few ex gchq types.
    They crunch the numbers. Running an isp, the backhaul, costs and the price of the Linux brains is just so much.
    The fortune saved on software will be lost to support costs.
    Fluffy Bunny and Sally hire a white hat and a 26 yo woman, hoping they can keep cost down with an expert and a woman in training.
    They watch the white hat fix their servers, trying to learn her skills. But the white hat is smart, she keeps her skills close.
    She likes her weekend sports and fast bike. She is not going to train the 20 something to swap her out.
    6 months later the 26 yo woman wants to play mummy and the white hat gets head hunted.
    Fluffy Bunny and Sally become admis for a cam site in the US.

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    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"