Link roundup for 9/4/07
Court rules against TorrentSpy in hacking case | CNET News.com: One interesting part to this case is that the MPAA paid a third party (a former business associate of TorrentSpy’s founter) for copies of emails from TorrentSpy’s executives. A U.S. District judge found the that MPAA did not violate the Federal Wiretap Act.
(Via Slashdot.)
Spamhaus off the hook for $11 million judgment: After being sued by an alleged spammer that Spamhause had placed on it’s blacklist, Spamhause chose to ignore the lawsuit saying that the US court had no jurisdiction over a UK entity. The judge then awarded a default judgment, which was just overturned by an appeals court.
Mystery SNAFU exposes email logins for 100 foreign embassies (and counting) The Register: A Swedish security consultant posted login and password combinations for individuals at 100 foreign embassies in order to make a point about lax security practices. Strangely, the actual security vulnerability was not disclosed although the usernames and passwords were posted on the weblog. The consultants weblog is currently offline.
Reader Resources
Commentary
- Death of the Hardware Security Appliance | Ronan Kavanagh --CEO; SpamTitan Technologies
- Archiving Challenges and Priorities: Apply Lessons Learned from a Regulated Industry | Stephen Marsh -- Founder and CEO; Smarsh Inc.
- What Can Users Do to Protect Themselves from Bots? | Michael O’Reirdan -- Chairman; Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG)

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