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The Register Email Address Blunder

Posted by Unknown on from the flog-thyself-in-penance dept.

First time accepted submitter Tim99 writes "This morning I got an email from The Register informing me that they have sent 3,521 of their readers the names and e-mail addresses of 46,000 other readers. Considering their frequent rants about security this has got to be a major FAIL." El Reg writes: "Obviously, this was an error. The two-stage send process that is the norm for all of our mailers was over-looked because someone was in a hurry."

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  1. Omitted from summary by SpooForBrains · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We are in the process of blowing the whistle on ourselves to the ICO over the matter."

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    "The dew has clearly fallen with a particularly sickening thud this morning"
  2. Re:Reported themselves to the ICO by wvmarle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And they deserve credit for that. Within an hour of the the problem they report on it already.

    Mistakes will happen, no matter how hard you try to prevent them. The most important part is: how do you handle those mistakes. Many other companies should take note of what El Reg has done here, and follow their example.