--- begin forwarded text Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 19:10:04 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IP: Egghead scrambles to gauge damage - bad scene Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Egghead scrambles to gauge damage An intruder may have poached the online electronics and computer retailer's database of 3.7 million customers, including credit card information. The FBI and security experts are on the case. By Robert Lemos and Ben Charny, ZDNet News December 22, 2000 12:37 PM PT Egghead.com scrambled on Friday to gauge how much of its 3.7-million-customer database had been stolen by intruders during an online theft, which experts believed happened the day before. "We're in continuous crisis mode here," said a consultant from physical and electronic security firm Kroll Worldwide--the experts called in when Egghead discovered the intrusion on Thursday. The consultant asked not to be named. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2668562,00.html For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/ --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
