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Verisign deep-hacked. For months.
- Subject: Verisign deep-hacked. For months.
- From: jra at baylink.com (Jay Ashworth)
- Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:31:05 -0500 (EST)
- In-reply-to: <CAPWAtb+Eyjm6uszO38LAArY46mh_T7F-nrmtaLggN=j3d29SUw@mail.gmail.com>
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Wheeler" <jsw at inconcepts.biz>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
> <ops.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So what part of VRSN got broken into? They do a lot more than just
> > DNS.
>
> Indeed, VeriSign owns Illuminet, who are mission-critical for POTS.
> Illuminet is also in the business of recording telephone calls, SMS
> messages, etc. for law enforcement.
"Illuminet"?
Shea and Wilson would be proud.
Cheers,
-- jr 'and somewhere, an evil geek is dry-washing his hands' a
--
Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra at baylink.com
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