E3 Organizer Says It's Tightened Security After Accidentally Doxxing Thousands of Attendees (theverge.com) 8
The Electronic Software Association is introducing tighter security measures around press registration for E3, following an incident last year in which sensitive personal information belonging to thousands of journalists, YouTube creators, and Twitch streamers was made public. The Verge reports: A new blog post published today details updates to the conference and its "media registration process," which the company says "received a lot of attention this past summer." "Earning back your trust and support is our top priority," the post reads. "That's why we rebuilt the E3 website with enhanced and layered security measures developed by an outside cybersecurity firm. This included updating our data management processes, including the handling of personally identifiable information, and we will no longer store that data on our site."
Changes to the registration process will also occur this year. The ESA will "collect the minimum information necessary" for attendees registering. The post doesn't state what those specific changes are. Last year's leak, which involved an unprotected file uploaded online and available for anyone to download, led to personal information like home addresses and phone numbers appearing on hateful forums like Kiwi Farms. After data leaked, multiple journalists -- including staff members of The Verge -- received texts and phone calls from complete strangers.
Changes to the registration process will also occur this year. The ESA will "collect the minimum information necessary" for attendees registering. The post doesn't state what those specific changes are. Last year's leak, which involved an unprotected file uploaded online and available for anyone to download, led to personal information like home addresses and phone numbers appearing on hateful forums like Kiwi Farms. After data leaked, multiple journalists -- including staff members of The Verge -- received texts and phone calls from complete strangers.
I wonder how much they were paid for the accident? (Score:2)
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What's the sinister angle to this that you'd assume malice over incompetence? If it were about doxxing people, then that's trivially easy if you already have a person's name and
We need more attention to detail (Score:2)
I have worked with many technicians who are smart people, but they get sloppy with details that bore them. They sometimes smirk at me when I am doing or talking about doing things in a very thorough way. The word "anal-retentive" has been flung my way.
But they also screw things up that I don't screw up. And they don't change their ways, despite their screw-ups.
Technicians are the last line of defence against this sort of thing, and many of them just don't seem to care. It doesn't surprise me that things
What? (Score:2)
hateful forums like Kiwi Farms
Really? Someone's trying to ruin sweet little kiwis now? Bastards.
E3 (Score:2)
Isn't that the original AWACS plane, based on the 707 ?
Clue me in, please? (Score:2)
Doxxing E3 goers? What exactly is the problem here? "Oh no, woe is me, people know I went to E3"?
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If you really think it's not a big deal, please provide us with your real name, email, address, and phone number. (The same information that was in the E3 leak.)
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They leaked the addresses and phone numbers of people with media credentials. A number of gamers don't like what these people who get media credentials say about games on the internet, so these gamers were able to give those with media credentials a piece of their mind directly, and try to convince them to not say such things in the future, "or else".