-Caveat Lector- > Hackers breached Davos security > > > > > > > > > Hackers breached Davos security > > Credit card, cell phone numbers obtained from guests > > ASSOCIATED PRESS > > GENEVA, Feb. 5 � Hackers appear to have stolen data on thousands of world > and business leaders, including former President Clinton, organizers of the > World Economic Forum said Monday. > > > > The material � including the credit card numbers of some 1,400 prominent > people � had been collected by anti-globalization protesters. > > THE WEEKLY SonntagsZeitung of Zurich reported Sunday that hackers > have produced a CD-ROM containing secured information on 27,000 people who > have attended the global forum in recent years, including Clinton, former > Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. > Lawyers for the World Economic Forum, held annually in Davos, > Switzerland, were filing for an injunction to stop further dissemination of > the data, the forum�s chief spokesman, Charles McLean, said Monday. The > perpetrators are unknown. > �We regard this as a serious crime, not as a prank,� he said. > Newsweek reports on Davos > > The newspaper said the material - including the credit card numbers > of some 1,400 prominent people - had been collected by anti-globalization > protesters. Opponents who have mounted demonstrations against the forum > maintain that it is an exclusive club acting in the interests of big > business and against the world�s poor. > > > . > The data also included the numbers to passports and personal cellular > phones of many of the government and business leaders who have attend the > annual gathering in Davos in recent years. > Details published in the SonntagsZeitung report appeared to be > largely correct, McLean said, but nothing sensitive on Clinton had been > obtained, he said. Clinton was the featured speaker at Davos a year ago. > A preliminary investigation indicated that the security breach was in > �a remnant database that contained information about participants at some of > our regional meetings� held last year,� McLean told The Associated Press. > �They did not penetrate our main data base; they did not penetrate > the Davos data base, apparently,� he said. > > > Swiss authorities said they were investigating to determine whether > the government should prosecute the hackers on grounds of invasion of > privacy. > The forum is e-mailing those on the list and setting up a hot line > for executives. �We�re making a great effort today to make sure every one of > those people has been contacted and made aware of the problem,� McLean said. > Some 3,200 people attend the six-day meeting to exchange ideas on the > world economy and problems, make deals and enjoy the Alps. Regional meetings > are held in varying locations around the world. 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