Begin forwarded message: From: Rod Van Meter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: June 15, 2006 8:46:07 AM EDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: KDDI extortion attempt Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dave, For IP, if you wish... The Japan Times reported today that KDDI's ISP service was hit by an extortion attempt. The police picked up two guys who tried to shake down KDDI for 5-10 million yen ($45-$90K), claiming to have names, addresses, telephone numbers, gender, and birthdates of four million customers, as of December, 2003. Speculation is that the data was leaked then by an insider; no word on why someone might have sat on it for more than two years. Bank account and other financial info apparently were not involved. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060614a2.html http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2006/06/14/japanese_intern.html --Rod ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [email protected] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
