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Guesswork Plagues Web Hole Reporting
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-03-06

A good Samaritan has trouble getting the attention of a fashion retailer leaking customer credit card numbers. Should reporting security holes in e-commerce sites be easier?

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Guesswork Plagues Web Hole Reporting 2002-03-06
Anonymous
I have seen dozens of sites like this. The excuses range from:

1. "That is our ISP's problem" - This is the MOST COMMON EXCUSE!!

2. "You were trying to hack our site, we are going to report you to the FBI."

- I receive this mostly from idiot system administrators that know nothing about se...

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