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Hosting company reveals hacks, citing disclosure law
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-03-12

Citing California's security breach disclosure law, Texas-based Allegiance Telecom notified 4,000 Web hosting customers this week of a recent computer intrusion that exposed their usernames and passwords, in a case that experts say illustrates the security sunshine law's national influence.

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Hosting company reveals hacks, citing disclosure law 2004-03-14
Anonymous
Disclosing a security breach to your customers is the right thing to do, a risky thing to do but it doesn?t change the fact that its the right thing to do.

The sad thing is, for every company that does disclose this type of activity there are many more that do not. I am currently experiencing th...

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