[IP] KDDI extortion attempt

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Rod Van Meter <rdv@tera.ics.keio.ac.jp>
Date: June 15, 2006 8:46:07 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: KDDI extortion attempt
Reply-To: rdv@tera.ics.keio.ac.jp

Dave,

For IP, if you wish...

The Japan Times reported today that KDDI's ISP service was hit by an
extortion attempt.  The police picked up two guys who tried to shake
down KDDI for 5-10 million yen ($45-$90K), claiming to have names,
addresses, telephone numbers, gender, and birthdates of four million
customers, as of December, 2003.  Speculation is that the data was
leaked then by an insider; no word on why someone might have sat on it
for more than two years.  Bank account and other financial info
apparently were not involved.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20060614a2.html
http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2006/06/14/japanese_intern.html

		--Rod




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