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As Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and other such "grassroots" organizations come under the threat of lawsuit . .
Posted on 08/20/2004 7:57:50 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
Subscribers to MoveOn.org's mailing lists may have found their interest in the anti-Bush political site a matter of public record.
A Web page misconfiguration left dozens of the liberal political group's subscriber pages easily searchable through simple Google queries. Each page included a subscriber's name, e-mail address and the mailing lists to which he or she is subscribed. CNET News.com confirmed that several related searches turned up more than two dozen individual subscriber pages.
"This is extremely disturbing," said one subscriber, when contacted through e-mail. The subscriber asked that his or her name not be used. "I'm not sure if I should be worried or not, but I am," the person said.
The subscriber Web pages linked member's names with interests in various topics, "Distortion of evidence" for one, and, for another, Errol Morris, the director of the documentary "The Fog of War," which won the Oscar for its portrayal of the life of Vietnam era Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.
MoveOn.org fixed the problem on its site after being contacted by a member. The search results on Google now redirect people to MoveOn.org's front page. The organization is implementing further changes to protect the user information.
The information leak is the latest version of "Google hacking," using the search engine's advanced features to find data leaked by Web sites. Earlier this month, security researchers found a way to use the search engine to find lists of credit card numbers, along with card holder information, that had been posted online by traders of illicit financial information.
The incidents highlight increasing concern that knowledgeable Web surfers can turn up sensitive information by mining the world's best-known search engine. MoveOn.org stressed that no financial information was leaked in the most recent incident, and that the site does not retain credit card numbers.
The discoverer of the MoveOn.org problem, Web developer Shawn Smith, found the information accidentally, he said. Smith, a member of MoveOn.org, had searched Google for information on recent video clips sponsored by the political group. Along with a link to the clips, he found that several of the other search results pointed to Web pages with subscriber information.
"I just wanted to see the (video) spots," Smith said. "Instead, I found these other sites."
Smith alerted MoveOn.org to the problems, and the Web site fixed the issues.
MoveOn.org is best known for its use of Internet video to distribute 30-second spots attacking President Bush's policies. The spots, called Bush in 30 seconds, gained widespread recognition for the site and for the Internet as a medium for grassroots political speech.
more proof the liberal/commies at Moveon are pure chicken shits.
Well, duh. They don't all live in holleywierd and shout their ignorance from the rooftops..........LOL
They should have turned those names in to the FBI.
Do we know who was on the list?
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As Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and other such "grassroots" organizations come under the threat of lawsuit . .
*snicker* *choke* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Sorry...just couldn't say that with a straight face. ; )
Only name I know is George Seros....millionaire idiot from another country trying to upset Bush.........and they are trying to deny the SBvets from speaking out. Where's the justice?
When Conservatives are branded right-wing, we stand proud, but when the light is shined on liberals, they scutter and hide with their shame!
I was for MoveOn.org before I was against it.
MoveOn.org betrayed this country,MoveOn.org betrayed us all.
MoveOn.org is Unfit For Command.
Yo, Soros, your phone is ringing.
Hey, Tides Foundation, how do YOU SPELL THERESA?
Can we get a hold of some of that info?? =o)
Not to mention 99% of Hollywood.
I... oh never mind.
This is great news. Anybody who may have happened to see this list needs to get it to the Attorney General and the FBI ASAP.
Does anyone believe that the MoveOn mailing list -- or big parts of it -- cannot be found just by searching online IRS documents? One doesn't have to be a genius to find that info.
Your links don't work.
I hope someone copied the whole cache and extracted the data.
Why is it that Freepers do not have the same worry? If there is BS in the sign ups it is to avoid SPAM - I doubt those Libs have the smarts to figure anything out; are naieve, stupid, mislead and ignorant. Other than that, they are a fine bunch of idiots.
LoL!
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