Cisco Says Vegas Conference Attendees' Information Was Leaked

Julie188 writes "Thousands of people got a nasty e-mail this morning from Cisco. The company was warning people that its attendee registration database for its Cisco Live 2010 event was hacked. Cisco Live 2010 is the company's annual user conference, held last week in Las Vegas with an estimated 18,000 in attendance. If it's not embarrassing enough for a company that sells security gear to get hacked, the e-mail also went out to people who didn't register and didn't attend the event. That raises questions about exactly what database was pried open and how bad the damage is. Cisco's e-mail said the hole was quickly closed and only business-card type information was exposed."

Routing error

[girlintraining]

the e-mail also went out to people who didn't register and didn't attend the event.

That's even more embarassing than a security breach -- it's a routing error. From Cisco.

The other day, upon the stairs . . .

[PolygamousRanchKid]

the e-mail also went out to people who didn't register and didn't attend the event.

. . . I met a man, who wasn't there.

He wasn't there again today . . . I think he's from the CIA . . .

Re:Uh huh

[ctchristmas]

What happens in Vegas, will be leaked via email a week later... not to mention via facebook and twitter (not myspace because noone uses it anymore)... or when that stripper you married shows up on your porch.

Re:Is the email from Cisco legit?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's legit, I saw your info in a few of the dumps.

Re:Is the email from Cisco legit?

[bugs2squash]

The TAC called, and unless you can set up a second Live 2010 conference and reproduce the problem they're going to close the ticket.

Re:Routing error

[girlintraining]

.poster.stats.p.girlfriend = "0.02" .poster.stats.p.unemployed_network_engineed = "0.93"

Re:Is the email from Cisco legit?

[blair1q]

I did not attend and I have not received any emails of this type.

In case you're being thorough about data, here.

Re:Competition?

[leptons]

you are an idiot

Re:Routing error

[Anonymous Coward]

It seems jokes automatically route around you. Must be a mis-configured sense of humor. Check your subnet mask.

Re:so what?

[eln]

I agree. I can't even imagine what would happen if anyone found out I had attended a Cisco conference. I would be a social pariah. My children wouldn't be able to look me in the eye. My wife would leave me. The dog would run away. Even my cats would look at me even more disdainfully than they usually do.

Re:Competition?

[Anonymous Coward]

you are an idiot

Here on the internet we say "your an idiot". Please try to keep up.

Re:Is the email from Cisco legit?

[Eseell]

They can't identify any bugs, so they'd like you to update to the latest version of IOS where you're sure to find some.

Re:Routing error

[zippthorne]

Perhaps Cisco's purchase of linksys was more like HP's "purchase" of compaq...