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spunkmaster · 01-01-2008, 03:26 AM

Shame Alert: Porn Site Loses Thousands of Member Names

Posted Dec 31st 2007 10:54AM by Will Safer
Filed under: Computers

The typical concern around a Web site security breach regards credit card or personal data. But when a major operator of pornography sites has its user lists swiped, there could be more at stake. Would you rather lose money or suffer a dose of shame?

New Jersey-based Too Much Media Corp. announced that its user lists had been compromised. No credit card data was taken. Too Much Media manages lists for thousands of pornography sites and -- so far -- the stolen e-mail addresses have been used to blast users with lots of spam.

The concern for users is that their online activities may be exposed to associates, friends or family, people to whom they'd rather not reveal their cravings for porn.

The concern for the pornography industry, on the other hand, is a loss of trust with their customers. Too Much Media states it is looking into how the breach occurred.

Now, aren't you glad we made it all this way without any innuendo? The word "breach" alone is just begging to be twisted.

http://www.switched.com/2007/12/31/s...-member-names/

Sebastian Sands · 01-01-2008, 03:32 AM

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Cash · 01-01-2008, 03:32 AM

Maybe the user list was "compromised" on purpose, to justify the spam of all those user emails ...

minusonebit · 01-01-2008, 03:33 AM

Already been posted. Its flying around the blogosphere ever since I got Attrition to cover it on the dataloss mailing list. There is one good thing that will come out of this, if nothing else. 1000s of hackers are gonna give John's software the penetration testing he should have given it before releasing. And that will make for a much more secure installation.

st0ned · 01-01-2008, 03:36 AM

Does the drama ever end?

pip · 01-01-2008, 04:11 AM

Attirition is such a joke, almost like calling you a hacker

Barefootsies · 01-01-2008, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by st0ned

Does the drama ever end?

minusonebit · 01-01-2008, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pip

Attirition is such a joke

Yeah, but everyone is on their mailing list and people who get it like to blog.

01-01-2008, 03:26 AM	#1
spunkmaster Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,052	Shame Alert: Porn Site Loses Thousands of Member Names Shame Alert: Porn Site Loses Thousands of Member Names Posted Dec 31st 2007 10:54AM by Will Safer Filed under: Computers The typical concern around a Web site security breach regards credit card or personal data. But when a major operator of pornography sites has its user lists swiped, there could be more at stake. Would you rather lose money or suffer a dose of shame? New Jersey-based Too Much Media Corp. announced that its user lists had been compromised. No credit card data was taken. Too Much Media manages lists for thousands of pornography sites and -- so far -- the stolen e-mail addresses have been used to blast users with lots of spam. The concern for users is that their online activities may be exposed to associates, friends or family, people to whom they'd rather not reveal their cravings for porn. The concern for the pornography industry, on the other hand, is a loss of trust with their customers. Too Much Media states it is looking into how the breach occurred. Now, aren't you glad we made it all this way without any innuendo? The word "breach" alone is just begging to be twisted. http://www.switched.com/2007/12/31/s...-member-names/ __________________

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01-01-2008, 03:33 AM	#4
minusonebit So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: [email protected] Posts: 7,391	Already been posted. Its flying around the blogosphere ever since I got Attrition to cover it on the dataloss mailing list. There is one good thing that will come out of this, if nothing else. 1000s of hackers are gonna give John's software the penetration testing he should have given it before releasing. And that will make for a much more secure installation.

01-01-2008, 04:11 AM	#6
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