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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tracking The Loss of Private Data
If you're interested in the subject of data breeches, data loss, and mishandling of private information you might want to have a look at etiolated.org.
Site features real-time graphs, statistics, and searchable full-text database of company names, event summaries, and comments. Thanks to my friend Al Macintyre.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
What Are The Risks of Letting Others Write In Your Space
In the last couple of weeks I had someone come on this site and post, via anonymous comments, a series of diatribes that were a serious attack on another individual and company. The information was detailed but utterly unsubstantiated. The tone was extremely angry. The allegations ranged from deception to outright fraud. I also did a little IP address tracing and determined that the person had gone to some lengths to hide their address.Within a matter of hours I contacted people who knew something about the companies and person involved, cogitated on what to do, and decided to remove all posts from that individual. I did so without compunction and didn't think anything else about it. I don't normally remove comments, in fact that was only the second time in the four five years I've had this site. But I guess this kind of thing is going to become more common and we're being forced to deal with it. [More...]
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
Don't Plan a Vacation in Nigeria
Not that you would, but don't make travel plans for Nigeria any time soon. Via Jeff Vail at Energy Intelligence
Nigeria Escalation
Energy Intelligence Note: 9 May, 2007
The situation in Nigeria is escalating--as expected, geologically-driven declines in oil production are spawning geopolitically-driven increases in disruptions from "above-ground factors." The recent attacks on major oil pipelines in Nigeria cut all oil flow to AGIP's Brass Export Terminal, taking a further 200,000 barrels per day off the market. On top of that, take a look at the latest unclassified figures on kidnappings in Nigeria, courtesy of the CIA:
2006:
Total Hostages (Unresolved): 66 (0)
American Hostages (Unresolved): 0 (0)
2007:
Total Hostages (Unresolved): 106 (17)
Amercan Hostages (Unresolved): 17 (5)
And 2007 is only half over! That represents a rougly 200% year-on-year increase in total hostages, and a huge leap in the "value" of these hostages, as reflected by the sudden shift toward higher-skill and western workers, as shown by the sudden prevalence of American hostages.
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