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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates

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2008-03-22 13:16:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain were all affected. It is expected and assumed that there are more affected individuals, but due to the sensational nature of events, the full extent of the breach is not known Types of Data It is not clear whether the employees saw anything other than the basic personal data such as name,...
 
Tags: stanley subcontractor employees, subcontractor employees, subcontractor, confidential information, information, information security, stanley, personal information, employees
 
 
 
 
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Obama's Pet Projects: Lasers, Hybrid Hummers

2008-03-13 23:40:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
In addition to the standard fare, Sen. Barack Obama's legislative earmarks, which were released today, include money for laser development and the conversion of military equipment to fuel cells and hybrid power
 
Tags: hybrid power, fuel cells, military equipment, include money, barack obama, standard fare, legislative earmarks, laser development, addition
 
 
 
 
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FAQ: The Obama breach: What exactly is a passport record?

2008-03-21 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The passport files accessed improperly by State Department contract workers looking into Sen. Barack Obama's records include an extensive array of data, according to publicly available information on the system
 
Tags: department contract workers, records include, passport files, barack obama, extensive array, system, information, data, publicly
 
 
 
 
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State Dept. Apologizes to Obama for Passport Snooping

2008-03-21 15:45:00 by Associated Press in Wired Security
 
Calling it an unauthorized breach of his privacy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls Barack Obama and apologizes after three State Department contractors are caught looking through the Democratic presidential candidate's passport file
 
Tags: passport file, democratic presidential, department contractors, secretary, privacy, breach
 
 
 
 
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FAQ: The Obama breach: What exactly is a passport record

2008-03-21 00:00:00 by HASH0x8afc9b8 in Network World on Security
 
...Barack Obama (D-Ill.), has sparked a firestorm of controversy. While State Department officials characterized the incident as the result of "imprudent curiosity," Obama's campaign spokesman called the breach an "outrageous breach of security and privacy." The breaches occurred Jan. 9, Feb. 12 and March 14, but were apparently not reported to...
 
Tags: obama, breach, department, department officials, department employees, outrageous breach, barack obama, imprudent curiosity, passport records
 
 
 
 
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State Department workers ignored data access warnings

2008-03-22 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473904 in Network World on Security
 
The contract workers at the U.S. Department of State who viewed the passport records of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama ignored privacy warnings built into the agency's systems that the information could only be accessed on a "need-to-know" basis
 
Tags: department, contract workers, barack obama, passport records, privacy warnings, information, need-to-know, systems, basis
 
 
 
 
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Obama site hacked, redirects clicks to Clinton's site

2008-04-21 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A cross-site scripting flaw in the social networking section of Sen. Barack Obama's campaign site was exploited over the weekend to redirect users to the URL of rival Sen. Hillary Clinton
 
Tags: campaign site, barack obama, redirect users, hillary clinton, weekend, cross-site, rival, section, social
 
 
 
 
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Obama XSS Silliness

2008-04-22 15:04:10 by Chris Eng in Zero in a bit
 
...Barack Obama campaign for having XSS vulnerabilities throughout their website. Theres no need for me to rehash the story, you can read other articles that describe what happened . My thoughts on the matter are as follows I wish the media wouldnt refer to this as hacking Obamas website because its not quite accurate; XSS attacks end users, not...
 
Tags: xss, obama, xss attacks, barack obama campaign, input validation, website, xss vulnerabilities, obamas website, web security
 
 
 
 
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Obama campaign hopes for better Web security

2008-06-11 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Two months after their Web site was hacked, the organizers of Barack Obama's presidential campaign are looking for a network security expert to help lock down their Web site
 
Tags: web site, network security expert, barack obama, presidential campaign, organizers, lock, months
 
 
 
 
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Obama campaign seeking better Web security

2008-06-12 10:24:49 by