Yeah, I don't see anywhere in his email where he was suggesting illegally hacking into Yahoo. He was just wondering whether there are companies that can do it faster than simply filing a complaint with Yahoo, which from experience does not help.
Also, it looks as though Yahoo's security is currently like a revolving door: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/298076/scitech/technology/yahoo-mail-still-being-hacked-says-tech-site Yosem On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Shava Nerad <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > -- > 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 -- 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
