I'm Calling on NJ Attorney General, USDOJ, Financial Networks to Investigate TMM/NATS
 

The following has been prepared for mailing and will be sent in the morning.


Office of the New Jersey Attorney General
Division of Consumer Affairs
Consumer Protection Section
124 Halsey Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102

VIA FIRST CLASS MAIL, POSTAGE PRE-PAID

Date: December 27, 2007

Re: Consumer Protection – The Potentially Unfair, Fraudulent, Illegal, Harassing and/or Deceptive Business Practices of Too Much Media, LLC and VisoMedia, Inc. operated by John Albright, Charles Berrebbi and/or Kimberly Timko.

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing to you today to express my sincere concerns about the manner in which two business entities conduct themselves while doing business from the State of New Jersey. I am referring specifically to Too Much Media, LLC and VisoMedia, Inc. which, on information and belief, appear to be operated and/or owned by John Albright, Charles Berrebbi and/or Kimberly Timko (hereinafter refereed collectively to as “TMM”).

On information and belief, these individuals and business entities do business from The State of New Jersey with the public via the Internet selling memberships to pornography sites and providing software that facilitates same.

They appear to do so from the following physical addresses and Internet websites, and possibly from others:

Addresses:


Internet Websites:

http://www.redpartners.com
http://www.toomuchmedia.com
http://www.getnats.com
http://www.teendolls.com
http://www.personalbucks.com
http://www.emilydoll.com
http://www.tinadoll.com
http://www.segpay.com

Over the holiday weekend, as the lead editor of a leading Internet-based publication known as In Corruption We Trust, I had the occasion to research and publish a story concerning the manner in which these companies and individuals responded and/or failed to respond to a suspected and later confirmed security breach within their organization. The breach involved the personal information of affiliate web masters and pornography consumers that have purchased memberships from - or resell as an affiliate – pornography sites that use the “NATS” software to track and manage sales data. The NATS software is made, maintained and marketed by TMM.

When I learned of the breach, I also learned of the apparent fact that TMM failed to notify all of the affected consumers or affiliate webmaster account holders as required by the laws of nearly 40 states, including New Jersey's 56:8-163. Said statute appears to require that those affected by a breach be notified without unreasonable delay. On information and belief, no one has notified the affected consumers yet and notifications have just now begun to affected affiliate webmasters. Reports seem to indicate that TMM knew about the breach as far back as October, 2007 but did little or nothing to resolve the issue.

No one is certain as to exactly what data has been breached because TMM has not been forthcoming with full details about the incident, though they continue to release statements saying that the situation is under control. It is my belief, however, that the compromised data may include names, addresses, social security numbers, telephone numbers, fax numbers, user names, passwords, sales & transaction history, credit card numbers, bank account numbers with routing codes and/or electronic mail addresses. I have no idea how many records have been breached exactly, but I conservatively estimate the number of records in question is at least ten thousand such records and possibly as many as several hundred thousand records or more.

After publishing my story, I have been continuously and ruthlessly threatened by various members of the adult industry including personnel representing TMM. John Albright, a senior executive of TMM has made several veiled threads of filing civil suit against me as retaliation for my criticisms of the way his company handled the breach. At least one other individual has remarked that John has also threatened to file a frivolous “SLAPP” (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) lawsuit when spoke out against the practices against his company within the adult industry.

In addition, several members of the adult industry have apparently expressed a desire to kill, maim or otherwise injury me and have also made references to putting “a contract” or “a hit” out on me. Some have also indicated that a contract in the amount of $25,000 exists at this time within the State of New Jersey. Furthermore, they have advised me to leave the state to avoid injury. I am without knowledge as to whether or not these threats are being made by or at the encouragement of staff members or others connected to NATS or TMM though I do not discount this possibility. Such threats are a direct attempt to intimidate and silence me as a critic of the manner in which the adult industry has handled this situation.

Finally, TMM recently acquired a payment processing company known as Segregated Payments, Ltd. This company is more commonly known as “SegPay”, and currently serves the EU market by providing transaction services The new management has stated that they have plans to open a US division to provide payment processing within the United States to United States consumers as a registered Visa IPSP.

You may have noticed that I have also carbon copied the major financial networks that provide credit card processing for Segregated Payments. It is my sincere hope that the payment networks will immediately suspend payment processing services to Segregated Payments until, if and when an accredited, independent third party has had the opportunity to conduct the necessary security audits and tests to ensure that the public is safe from further or additional violations of privacy or unauthorized disclosures of personal data.

I believe that the recent compromise, the manner in which it happened and the manner in which it was handled call into question the ability of TMM and related entities to effectively manage it's operations in compliance with the law. I sincerely believe that until the entities I have referenced herein have been throughly audited by regulators and an independent third-party security expert, all data that the company has care, custody or control over remains at grave risk for unauthorized wholesale disclosure in a manner certain to cause irreparable damage the interests of its customers and the general public.

For protection of the adult industry as well as the safety, privacy and protection of consumers of pornography, I request that your agencies open an exhaustive and full inquiry into this matter. I have attached several documents to this correspondence which demonstrate the reasons for my concerns. I am confident that should TMM be permitted to continue operations in it is current manner, there is a very strong possibly that this will not be the last breach that I report with regard to companies owned or connected to the above named entities.

I may be reached by mail at the address at the top of my letterhead, by phone and fax at (206) 666-1988 or via electronic mail to [email protected]. I appreciate your prompt attention to this urgent matter and thank you in advance for your consideration.

Sincerely yours,


Keith Kimmel
Chief Editor, ICWT

Enclosures:

Tens of Thousands of Adult Website Records Compromised, ICWT, 12/23/2007 (Story Begins on Page 7 of Printouts)
AVN: Too Much Media Acquires Equity Stake in Segregated Payments Ltd., 12/11/2007
Post #1 from GFY.com Thread #794159 - Re: OC3 Report on Discovering Breach
Post #1 from GFY.com Thread #794219 - Re: Confirmation of Breach by TMM
Post #29 from GFY.com Thread #794848 - Re: Death Threats
Posts #418 & #427 from GFY.com Thread #794749 - Re: SLAPP Suits Threatened by TMM
Post #5 from hahahahahahahahahaha.com Thread #81703 - Re: TMM Claims No Exploit

Carbon Copies (with Enclosures & Attachments)

United States Department of Justice
Office of The Attorney General of the United States
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

Mastercard International
Attn: Regulatory Compliance Team
2200 Mastercard Blvd
O Fallon, MO 63368-7263

Visa Inc.
Attn: Legal Affairs Dept. M3-3D
P.O. Box 8999
San Francisco, CA 94128-8999

DFS Services, LLC
Attn: Merchant Services
2500 Lake Cook Rd
Riverwoods, IL 60015-3851

jesus christ, remind me to never piss you off

ever heard of the element of surprise?

Such things are not needed when it comes to this. Element of surprise is needed only when you are trying to sneak around behind someone and stab them in the back without them seeing whats coming.

That would totally kick ass if you sent that.

this sounds like it can get ugly

wow...........

you are a poor sick motherfucker - seriously. the only way you can feel good about yourself or life is by getting attention by attacking those bigger than you - no doubt an echo from your childhood - the action and attention of a lawsuit brings an escape from the painful emptiness of your life. America is litigation happy and that's just greed - with you it has nothing to do with money or a higher purpose, you even enjoy being the person sued because of course, more attention and excitement.

bizarre and sad.

Interesting read. I'll park here with my pop-corn.

Isn't there a GFY rule that says do not post peoples personal info including addresses ?

I've already asked he be banned as he has violated a number of rules. The rest is being dealt with by counsel.

Making bad faith complaints to the Attorney General's office is awesome. Especially coming from a guy who actively engages in and supports tax fraud. I can't wait until your house of cards comes tumbling down.

Great because this guy is out of control

Anyone who reads that will see right through it. Especially the paranoia and imagined self importance.

if it's whois or any other public source there's no rule being broken :2 cents:

What is this counsel you speak of?

anyone noticed how he slipped in the adult sites they own into the list so all of these govt agencies will be aware that they own porn sites.

John's adult sites have nothing to do with this why include that?


Keith, remind me to never piss you off. If you were looking for people to leave you alone you can add me +1 to your list. You are scary crazy with this stuff.

Should have read as follows:

"At least one other individual has remarked that John has also threatened to file a frivolous ?SLAPP? (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) lawsuit when he spoke out against the practices of his company within the adult industry."

Corrections will be made in the mailed copies.

Its all public information, John. The rules specifically state that I may not post PRIVATE information. I have done quite a bit of research on you. You can "request" all the bans you want.

rut roh..........

this is intense, 11 page thread...comming soon!

That sounds like it was written by a 350 lb. cocksucking nutjob.

John's adult sites are under his care, custody or control (we hope!). I am arguing that all of his ventures suffer from the same mismanagement because, well, they all have John in common. People who do business with them are at risk.

I doubt John's very worried. TMM is not some small operation being run int he basement of John's house. They're represented by an actual legal team, not some goofy fat guy playing at being Mattlock. I'm pretty certain that John's already received legal counsel in regards to this entire situation and acted based on that advice.

Why, Eric? I followed the rules and I will be all too happy to show you how EVERY address is a matter of public record.

The rules are this is a private board and they can act however they choose.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

First of all, 56:8-163 does not apply to NATS/TMM in regards to the consumer.

You repeatedly distort facts by intentfully misleading people to believe that their credit card information has been compromised when that is untrue.

In regards to consumers, no personal information was compromised due to the fact that name, address, telephone, etc are PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION and are not defined as personal information under the statutes that govern the notification procedures for data compromisation. These statutes also do not include logins, passwords & email addresses as these are property of the issuer & not the end user, so your claims in regards to consumers are maliciously deceptive.

Shut up, the rules are right here.

This shit will get real fucking ugly before all is said and done

Man you are a serious idiot. Regardless if you guys are in a pissing match or not. Trying to get govt involved just to fuck with someones business is pretty damn pathetic.

I've personally seen how the govt can be used in such a frivolous manor to bring down a family business. I know if it happened again to me, well I know if the person responacable likely wouldn't see their next birthday.

The mods at GFY should just ban this idiot b4 he pisses off the wrong person.

:1orglaugh

This is going to come back and bite him on the arse so fucking hard.

You have at least two more errors.

?A single zealot may commence prosecutor, and better men be his victims?

For as evasive and arrogant as PBucksJohn might have been at the onset of this ordeal your zealotry has quickly overshadowed, perhaps even erased, the proportional, appropriate, and productive outrage that we as affiliates and paysite owners had.

Your obsessive-compulsive drive to dominate this issue, originally in the name of online security but now with the battle-cry of "vendetta", has steered the focus away from TMM's efforts to resolve this issue in a professional and expeditious manner. Instead of, "What is TMM doing to make good?" the question has become, "Has that asshole minusonebit been silenced yet?"

For all your noble intentions inspired by the greater good and continually fueled by a need for recognition, you only detract from the cause you claim to represent. You're turning your "victim" into a better man. Just stop.

Will this never end?

Quoted for truth.

snitches get stitches..or at least where i'm from :)

Exactly this idiot is doing more to take away from the actual issue at hand. He's going overboard and everyone just looks at him like the fool he is and end up paying less attention to the actual "real" issue at hand.

Had this stupid fool not gone on his own lil crusade, people might have kept more interest on the subject and started following the actual money trail. Instead we get to deal with this nimrod. The guy whom posted passwords of unsuspecting people on his blog.

Maybe the AG and DOJ can look in to that and maybe the IRS can look into Missingabrain's constant braging about cheating on his taxes.

are you people stupid? it says you are from NJ below your nick. And you make a comment like that, whether you are joking or not, after he says he is sending a letter to the attorney generals office in NJ. Do you think they are not going to investigate this and any other people making death threats or harassing posts. You would think some of you would knew when to shut up or watch what you say, but after all 90% of you think this is " GFY" not real life. :upsidedow

Minusonebit has some balls, I'll give him that.

Thats OK, will76. And yes, they are stupid.

Official announcement is up.

people don't eat paint chips, drink Draino or kick sleeping tigers in the nuts because they have "balls"

probably way to late... but sig spot :)

Draino has balls? Where? I did look for this once, but did not find it. :1orglaugh

fortuneately for you, life is not an IQ test and stupidity isn't painful

fuggedaboutittttttttttttttt..im pretty sure they wont investigate the quote i made..

good luck John.................whoa what a way to start 08.....

50 shitty, ill concieved blog promotions thats going to get him in serious trouble.

Jesus H Christ knows me...

:thumbsup:pimp