It looks like that Rudy Giuliani’s campaign website, in addition to being only marginally functional and poorly designed, had a major security flaw that left the personal information of campaign volunteers exposed to hackers.
“Anybody who knows anything about security could have found these problems in two seconds,” said Marc Maiffret of eEye Digital Security Inc., a researcher who examined Giuliani’s website at AP’s request.
Ironically Giuliani Partners offers cyber-security consulting. Perhaps their rates are too high for the Giuliani campaign?
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Rudy Giuliani — “the security candidate.”
correction: it’s Rudy Giuliani — “the security candidate with a 20 point lead”
[...] Giuliani was briefed on Kerik’s mob ties while his mayoral administration was vetting him to be New York’s police commissioner. Ironically Giuliani’s consulting company, “provides background checks for companies as part of its services.” I’m not sure if this is more ironic than Giuliani Partners offering cyber security consulting while his campaign website was launched with major security holes with regards to protecting user information. [...]
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First they lose the campaigns “nuclear suitcase” by leaving their entire campaign strategy behind in a briefcase, then they leave a gaping security whole in their Website. Rudy’s making me feel more secure every day that goes by.
Left by Fred
March 27, 2007 at 12:25pm