One might assume he wants the incident of how his emails were stolen investigated, not Yahoo broken into. We security folks do have honest occupations too, you know.
CSI: Internet and all that. Yrs, ---- Shava Nerad [email protected] On Mar 7, 2013 11:26 AM, "Julian Oliver" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I wouldn't advise trying to hack into Yahoo's data center. Looking to > recruit to > do this on a publicly readable list isn't super sane either. > > I don't think anything can be done about it, without risking jail time, > especially now that Lowell's intent is out of the bag. > > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/pipermail/liberationtech/2013-March/007540.html > > Cheers, > > Julian > > ..on Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 08:07:00AM -0800, Yosem Companys wrote: > > From: Lowell Feld <[email protected]> > > > > I just found out this morning from a friend that a bunch of my emails > > were stolen and are available publicly, online, in a Yahoo group. Ugh. > > > > Any thoughts on what I can do about this, other than contacting Yahoo > > security (already did) and filing a police report (already did)? > > > > I really would like this Yahoo group with my stolen emails - actually, > > they're mostly emails from OTHER people TO me - deleted immediately. > > I'm concerned that they said stuff they wouldn't want made public > > (e.g., saying harsh things about someone). Yahoo tells me I'll hear > > back in 24-48 hours, which seems ridiculously slow. > > > > Any other ideas? Do you know any good hackers or online security > > people who don't charge a small fortune? > > > > Thanks. > > > > - Lowell > > > > P.S. This apparently went on for about 5 years, from December 2005 to > > March 2011 (see > > http://finance.dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/lowellsgroup/). I'm utterly > > astounded. > > > > ***** > > > > FYI -- here is Lowell's bio: > > > > Lowell Feld is founder and editor of Blue Virginia, the largest > > progressive blog in Virginia. In 2003, Feld was heavily involved > > in the Draft Wesley Clark movement, running two grassroots websites — > > Environmentalists for Clark and Hispanics for Clark. In early 2006, > > Feld co-founded the Draft James Webb movement, gathering 1,000 > > signatures and $40,000 in pledges for a Webb candidacy in just a few > > weeks. In July 2006, Feld joined the Webb for Senate campaign as its > > netroots coordinator, helping to raise more than $4 million online > > (out of about $8 million total). In 2008, Feld consulted for the > > South Dakota Democratic Party and the Judy Feder for Congress > > campaign. He is co-author of the book, "Netroots Rising: How a Citizen > > Army of Progressive Bloggers and Online Activists is Changing American > > Politics." In addition, Feld has 17+ years of experience in world oil > > markets as an analyst and team leader with the U.S. Energy Information > > Administration. > > -- > > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > -- > Julian Oliver > http://julianoliver.com > http://criticalengineering.org > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
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