Re: [FD] AOL confirms compromise

[Brandon Perry <bperry.volatile@xxxxxxxxx>]

Best practice is PCI compliance.

Duh.


On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Daniel Hadfield <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > http://blog.aol.com/2014/04/28/aol-security-update/
> >
> Ouch... Have any details of the "encryption" been analyzed or
> discussed? Its always interesting to see what a company considers
> "best practice".
>
> Jeff
>
> <quote>
> AOL's investigation is still underway, however, we have determined
> that there was unauthorized access to information regarding a
> significant number of user accounts. This information included AOL
> users' email addresses, postal addresses, address book contact
> information, encrypted passwords and encrypted answers to security
> questions that we ask when a user resets his or her password, as well
> as certain employee information...
> </quote>
>
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