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What happened with Fedora - and Red Hat too

What happened with Fedora - and Red Hat too

Posted Aug 22, 2008 14:49 UTC (Fri) by jreiser (subscriber, #11027)
In reply to: What happened with Fedora - and Red Hat too by smoogen
Parent article: What happened with Fedora - and Red Hat too

"A breach of a publically traded company will be investigated ..."  That opinion is
optimistic.  Every year there are quite a few breaches of publicly traded companies that are
not detected or not reported.  Not reporting a breach that has been detected is a violation of
applicable regulations, but there are dummies or crooks at that stage, too.


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What happened with Fedora - and Red Hat too

Posted Aug 22, 2008 19:00 UTC (Fri) by rahvin (subscriber, #16953) [Link]

It's assumed that given the information that RedHat picked up the phone and called the FBI
(who handles computer crime cases). Once that phone call is made Redhat will be "asked" to not
release any information that would interfere with the investigation. 

Any breach where the Fed's don't get involved is a breech that wasn't reported to the Fed's.
Personally I wouldn't trust any company that doesn't call the cops when their business is
broken into, whether physical or informational.

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