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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
 
...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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Obama XSS Silliness

2008-04-22 15:04:10 by Chris Eng in Zero in a bit
 
...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 the...
 
Tags: xss, obama, xss attacks, barack obama campaign, input validation, website, xss vulnerabilities, obamas website, web security
 
 
 
 
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Latest linking of Senator Obama to a '70's terrorist may damage his reputation.

2008-05-12 00:12:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Obama with the 70's radical, William Ayers, can not help him in his nomination bid William "Billy" Ayers was a member of the '70's domestic terrorist group: Weather Underground Organization (WUO). WUO were opposed to the Vietnam war and pledged to bomb the Capitol, The Pentagon and Police Stations after issuing a "declaration of a state of...
 
Tags: senator, senator obama, william, william ayers, ayers, weather underground, weather underground organization, vietnam war, terrorism
 
 
 
 
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Obama Campaign Hopes for Better Web Security

2008-06-12 13:25:23 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Obama campaign wants you From PC World Two months after their Web site was hacked, the organizers of Barack Obamas presidential campaign are looking for a network security expert to help lock down their Web site Obama for America is looking for a network security expert who wants to play a key role in a historic political campaign, reads the...
 
Tags: network, network security expert, web site, obama, obama campaign, security job, job, linux, white house crew
 
 
 
 
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Telecom Amnesty Foes Lobby Obama Using Obama Tech

2008-06-30 21:52:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
...Obama's own Web 2.0 tools to lobby him to oppose a pending bill. They wonder if the new participatory politics he's relied on to secure the Democratic nomination can sway him back to his original opposition to the spying bill, or if old-style politics will rule the day
 
Tags: senator barack obama, government warrantlessly spy, original opposition, democratic nomination, amnesty, telecoms sued, lobby, participatory politics, old-style politics
 
 
 
 
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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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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 campaign hopes for b