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Re: [Full-disclosure] Key Internet operator VeriSign hit by hackers [DNS]



This is at least a year and a half old. Please, don't republish "news"
that should have never been reprinted. I'm not sure who would have
allowed this tripe to be syndicated...

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/02/us-hacking-verisign-idUSTRE8110Z820120202
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46238729/ns/technology_and_science-security/
>
> (Reuters) - VeriSign Inc, the company in charge of delivering people
> safely to more than half the world's websites, has been hacked
> repeatedly by outsiders who stole undisclosed information from the
> leading Internet infrastructure company.
>
> The previously unreported breaches occurred in 2010 at the Reston,
> Virginia-based company, which is ultimately responsible for the
> integrity of Web addresses ending in .com, .net and .gov.
> ...
>
> The VeriSign attacks were revealed in a quarterly U.S. Securities and
> Exchange Commission filing in October that followed new guidelines on
> reporting security breaches to investors. It was the most striking
> disclosure to emerge in a review by Reuters of more than 2,000
> documents mentioning breach risks since the SEC guidance was
> published.
> ...
>
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