Confidential US Security Documents found in Google.
A Web site has published what it claims are confidential documents from
the US Department of Homeland Security relating to possible terrorist
activity. According to the Web site hosting this information, the Department
of Energy accidentally published the documents online, which were then
discovered by Google and added to its cache of Web content. The mistake
was subsequently spotted and the documents taken down, but the Web site
owners were able to use Google to find the documents in its cache, and
copy and publish them.
Google hacking, accessing confidential data from publicly available links
on the search engine, is set to become a big problem this year, experts
have predicted. Security company. CyberTrust has warned that Internet-connected
devices, even Web cams, must be treated as a potential security threat.
Read the full account at
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39185392,00.htm
30/01/2005
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