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The Telecom Digest for July 14, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 171 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Yahoo Passwords Stolen in Latest Data Breach (Monty Solomon)
Judge lets startup relay live TV to iPhones in NYC (Neal McLain)
Robert Bonomi is the acting moderator (Telecom Digest Moderator)

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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:14:53 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Yahoo Passwords Stolen in Latest Data Breach
Message-ID: <p06240859cc2547d81abf@[10.0.1.6]>

Yahoo Passwords Stolen in Latest Data Breach

By DREW FITZGERALD
July 12, 2012

Yahoo Inc. said it is investigating a data breach that allowed a 
hacker group to download about 453,000 unencrypted user names and 
passwords in another black eye for the Internet company.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., company said Thursday that the compromised 
user information belongs to Yahoo Voices, a self-publishing service 
once known as Associated Content. A hacking organization called D33Ds 
Co. posted the stolen data on its website and appended a note 
describing the download "as a wake-up call and not as a threat." The 
group said it aims to expose Yahoo's vulnerabilities.

Yahoo said that less than 5% of the Voices accounts had still-valid 
passwords, though the file disclosed email addresses from hundreds of 
thousands of users.

Some people registered for the Yahoo service using email addresses 
from other services such as AOL Inc. and Google Inc.'s Gmail, neither 
of which were hacked. But with users' Yahoo Voices passwords exposed 
online, those users who shared passwords across several websites 
could still see other accounts compromised.

Yahoo said in an emailed statement that it is fixing the 
vulnerability that led to the data breach. The company also said it 
is changing affected users' passwords and notifying companies with 
accounts that might have been compromised.

Constellation Research analyst Ray Wang said Yahoo apparently fell 
prey to an extremely common kind of database attack that most 
companies typically take steps to combat.

...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304373804577522613740363638.html




Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:58:06 -0500
From: Neal McLain <nmclain@annsgarden.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Judge lets startup relay live TV to iPhones in NYC 
Message-ID: <4FFFAADE.9010609@annsgarden.com>

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Associated Press - Wed, Jul 11, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) - A startup company can continue to send live TV 
programming to iPhones and other mobile devices in the city despite 
objections from major broadcasters that say expansion can threaten the 
free broadcasting of events such as the Super Bowl, a judge ruled Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan said she understood how the service 
provided by the company, Aereo, may be unfair to broadcasters. But she 
said the law left her no choice but to reject a request by News Corp.'s 
Fox and other broadcasters to pull the plug on the company.

Aereo lets customers capture over-the-air broadcasts for viewing on 
iPhones, iPads and computers for $12 a month. A copyright infringement 
lawsuit was filed by Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC and others, accusing Aereo of 
copying and retransmitting their programming over the Internet unlawfully.

Continued at
http://tinyurl.com/7afda73

Comment: For those of us familiar with the early days of the cable TV 
industry, this sounds like a replay of the same battles that cable 
companies fought.  The landmark case was Fortnightly Corp. v. United 
Artists, 392 U.S. 390 (1968).  Here's a link to a 1998 article I wrote 
about that case:

http://tinyurl.com/ceb7j4u

Neal McLain




Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:25:29 -0400
From: Telecom Digest Moderator <redacted@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Robert Bonomi is the acting moderator 
Message-ID: <20120713192529.GA26606@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

Thanks for reading this. 

As you know, I'm going to be out-of-touch for a long while, working at
a seasonal job in Montana in a place with no Internet access. 

Robert Bonomi has volunteered to be the acting moderator while I'm
gone, and I hope you'll accord him the same courtesy and help you've
offered to me. Please remember that Robert's moderation style might
differ from mine, and I'd appreciate you working with him to resolve
any issues.

I'll see you in September!

Bill

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Bill Horne
Moderator






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