Back in the 1990’s, I became friends with a woman in the U.K. whom I met in Usenet. After a few years of emails and interactions in usenet, we decided it would be fun to get together in person, so I planned a trip to London. It was 1998. Thinking ahead, I went to Radio…
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Google awards student $10k for discovery of App Engine data leak flaw
Charlie Osborne reports: Google has awarded $10,000 to a high school student for the discovery of a bug in Google’s App Engine server which could lead to information disclosure. This week, Ezequiel Pereira said in a blog post that he went bug hunting on July 11 simply due to boredom, and after several failed attempts,…
Forgot to mention….
Have been traveling this week and next week, so updates to this site and pogowasright.org will be slim to non-existent, but I will get the sites caught up when I can. I will not be available via Jabber until after Aug. 26th and email will be spotty, too. This concept of “vacation” seems so alien…
UK: Cumbrian patients in NHS fraud text blunder
Inexplicably, the word “bumbling” springs to mind. ITV reports: An NHS scare about a text message scam targeting patients was accidentally sparked by a genuine inquiry from the health service, a spokeswoman has said. NHS England warned members of the public in Cumbria and the North East on Tuesday, about a text which requested personal…
Chicago Man Arrested for Stealing Laptop From OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
Owen Stiffler reports: A man is taken into custody at a Rockford motel after authorities say he stole laptop from a Saint Anthony office. The theft happened back on February 16 when a female employee at OSF said her laptop was stolen from her office. Read more MyStateline. There is no indication as to what…
Has LeakedSource.com been raided by feds?
Zack Whittaker reports: LeakedSource, a for-profit breach notification site that helped break the news of some of last year’s largest data breaches, has apparently been raided by law enforcement. News of the raid, which can’t be confirmed at the time of writing, first broke on Thursday through a note posted on a vritual markets forum earlier in…