Alcatel, as a leader in the DSL market (xDSL is an Alcatel technology) has feared many companies on the American market. This story is only an attempt to break the image of company in USA. In fact all that thing was cleverly prepared : the "hacker" that discovered it made a public advertisement whereas, for security, usually people who found security holes are asked to contact the company first in order to avoid crackers take advantage of the information. Moreover he contacted some friends and the media even before the post on the Internet. You may find some information (in French) here about this sad story of a "hacker" who knows better economic interest thant computers (the hole had already been pointed out month before by a real hacker from France): http://www.transfert.net/fr/cyber_societe/article. cfm?idx_rub=87&idx_art=5090
Bye,
gcg
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Alcatel, as a leader in the DSL market (xDSL is an Alcatel technology) has feared many companies on the American market. This story is only an attempt to break the image of company in USA. In fact all that thing was cleverly prepared : the "hacker" that discovered it made a public advertisement whereas, for security, usually people who found security holes are asked to contact the company first in order to avoid crackers take advantage of the information. Moreover he contacted some friends and the media even before the post on the Internet. You may find some information (in French) here about this sad story of a "hacker" who knows better economic interest thant computers (the hole had already been pointed out month before by a real hacker from France): http://www.transfert.net/fr/cyber_societe/article. cfm?idx_rub=87&idx_art=5090
Bye,
gcg