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Qwest Glitch Exposes Customer Data
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-05-23

Critics say the phone company took too long to close a hole that left some long-distance phone bills and subscriber credit card numbers accessable to anyone.

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Qwest Glitch Exposes Customer Data 2002-05-24
Anonymous
As a networking professional I felt kind of guilty for not taking advantage of this (but my wife pays the bills.) Now I feel somewhat vindicated . . . ...

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Qwest Glitch Exposes Customer Data 2002-05-25
Hamster1
I would be very angry if I was a Qwest customer. The fact that they knew of the hole, and apparently did nothing for

7 or 8 days. Then they added a disclaimer that said (non-BS Translation). If we get hacked, and your personal info is stolen, it's your tuff luck! What a great company. I think I'll ...

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Qwest Glitch Exposes Customer Data 2002-05-29
Astek
What is even better is that they did not let their customers know. If I had not got this email about security I would have not known. I have been a customer of theirs for years and they owed it to me to let me know. They will be getting a letter from me. ...

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