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236 days ago
I've created a new blog about Web Product Management which is hosted at http://ianmcall.blogspot.com. I've put up half a dozen posts so far on these topics: Focus and Purpose of My New Product Management Blog The Right Goal Against the Right Metric Offense vs. Defense Projects Is Your Goal Aggressive Or Crap? How Could This Product Fail? Why Some Ideas Should Die I won't be blogging more at this Spaces location and will probably turn it off at some point as well. Please update your feed subscription links to point to the new location and follow me on Twitter if you like at http://twitter.com/ianmcall. Thanks, Ian
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508 days ago
It appears that hackers have gained access to large amounts of Qwest customer data. Approximately 235,000 customers (587 pages with approximately 400 customers per page) were compromised in the Seattle area alone and reports are coming in that customer data in other cities across the U.S. has also been compromised. To gain publicity for their exploit, and perhaps thwart online forensic investigation, the hackers printed and bound the leaked customer data and left a copy on my front porch last night. The hackers, or perhaps temporary day labor they contracted, appear to have distributed the book of leaked Qwest customer data from a non-descript van in the dark of night. The hackers identify themselves by the handle, “DEX”, which is likely an abbreviation of “Digital Exploiters” of “Data Exploiters”. In classic Web 2.0 fashion, the hackers appear to have created their own ad network and have included ads for local businesses in the bound books of leaked customer data. I’m comforted ...
