Comments on: Astroglide data breach exposes customer information http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Top 10 Worst Privacy Breaches of 2007 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15095 Top 10 Worst Privacy Breaches of 2007 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:10:38 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15095 [...] a free sample of a personal lubricant going back to 2003. Michael Hampton first broke the story on Homeland Stupidity. Astroglide never notified customers of the breach and just tried to pass the buck by blaming [...] [...] a free sample of a personal lubricant going back to 2003. Michael Hampton first broke the story on Homeland Stupidity. Astroglide never notified customers of the breach and just tried to pass the buck by blaming [...]

]]> By: banal user http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15094 banal user Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:26:36 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15094 just for the record.. i use astroglide as umm.. hair gel. definitely not anything icky like sex with humans or otherwise. just for the record.. i use astroglide as umm.. hair gel. definitely not anything icky like sex with humans or otherwise.

]]> By: Life After Coffee » Astroglide leak http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15093 Life After Coffee » Astroglide leak Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:09:32 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15093 [...] a slippery situation I’m glad I’m not in… Don Burleson points out an article on Homeland Stupidity about a security breach from the Astroglide [...] [...] a slippery situation I’m glad I’m not in… Don Burleson points out an article on Homeland Stupidity about a security breach from the Astroglide [...]

]]> By: Huh? http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15092 Huh? Fri, 04 May 2007 20:01:27 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15092 So you are saying that sodomy and fornication are cool with you as long as you don't use a lubricant? Regardless, please stay out of the bedrooms of others...or perhaps you know this because you are a peeping tom? So you are saying that sodomy and fornication are cool with you as long as you don’t use a lubricant? Regardless, please stay out of the bedrooms of others…or perhaps you know this because you are a peeping tom?

]]> By: craschworks » Blog Archive » links for 2007-05-01 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15091 craschworks » Blog Archive » links for 2007-05-01 Tue, 01 May 2007 10:21:09 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15091 [...] Astroglide data breach exposes customer information - Homeland Stupidity Astroglide exposes customer information (tags: astroglide) [...] [...] Astroglide data breach exposes customer information – Homeland Stupidity Astroglide exposes customer information (tags: astroglide) [...]

]]> By: 0x000000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15090 0x000000 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:04:48 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15090 Well, their problems aren't over yet. I found some other vulnerabilities in their domain. Among a few SQL injection points which allow me to authenticate as administrator. I contact them about this and give them some time to fix it before I disclose it. They sure need to fix their security issues. Well, their problems aren’t over yet. I found some other vulnerabilities in their domain. Among a few SQL injection points which allow me to authenticate as administrator. I contact them about this and give them some time to fix it before I disclose it.

They sure need to fix their security issues.

]]> By: Chronicles of Dissent http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15089 Chronicles of Dissent Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:01:33 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15089 [...] So we’re back to figuring out the “noindex,” “noarchive,” “nofollow” tags, etc., it seems. But once again, the bottom line is that the data were not behind a firewall and were on a public server. And as noted in previous blogs here and on Homeland Stupidity and Threat Level, the breach, however accidental, appears to violate the terms of their published privacy policy: Biofilm could face lawsuits over the leaks from some of the people on the lists, said Chris Hoofnagle, a senior staff attorney and privacy expert with the University of California Berkeley’s Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic. [...] [...] So we’re back to figuring out the “noindex,” “noarchive,” “nofollow” tags, etc., it seems. But once again, the bottom line is that the data were not behind a firewall and were on a public server. And as noted in previous blogs here and on Homeland Stupidity and Threat Level, the breach, however accidental, appears to violate the terms of their published privacy policy: Biofilm could face lawsuits over the leaks from some of the people on the lists, said Chris Hoofnagle, a senior staff attorney and privacy expert with the University of California Berkeley’s Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic. [...]

]]> By: Astroglide denies responsibility for customer information slip - Homeland Stupidity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15088 Astroglide denies responsibility for customer information slip - Homeland Stupidity Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:18:37 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15088 [...] The breach was discovered last week when a customer looked up his name in Google and found his order for a free sample of Astroglide. The customer then contacted the company to complain. And while the company initially removed most of the personal information from its Web site, it had originally failed to remove all of it, and failed to have the information removed from Google’s cache. [...] [...] The breach was discovered last week when a customer looked up his name in Google and found his order for a free sample of Astroglide. The customer then contacted the company to complain. And while the company initially removed most of the personal information from its Web site, it had originally failed to remove all of it, and failed to have the information removed from Google’s cache. [...]

]]> By: Digital Identity http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15087 Digital Identity Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:07:00 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15087 <strong>If you've got nothing to hide, and all that...</strong> Summary... If you’ve got nothing to hide, and all that…

Summary…

]]> By: PBriscoe.com » Blog Archive » Lube Records Slip into Wrong Hands http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15086 PBriscoe.com » Blog Archive » Lube Records Slip into Wrong Hands Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:17:18 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/04/21/astroglide-data-breach-exposes-customer-information/#comment-15086 [...] HomelandStupidity [via BoingBoing] [...] [...] HomelandStupidity [via BoingBoing] [...]

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