[attrition] [Dataloss] contest: Find The Oldest Known Data Loss Incident! (fwd)

[security curmudgeon]

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From: David Shettler <dave at opensecurityfoundation.org>
To: "dataloss at datalossdb.org" <dataloss at datalossdb.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:31:54 -0400
Subject: [Dataloss] contest: Find The Oldest Known Data Loss Incident!

Announcing our first ever contest, generously sponsored by CREDANT,
AON TechShield, Arcsight, ITAC Sentinel, and StrikeForce Technologies,
Inc.

Find and submit the oldest data loss incidents you can, and you might
get some great prizes in the process!

See this link for full contest details:
http://datalossdb.org/oldest_incidents_contest

First, a little history about the competition: In 2005, the Open
Security Foundation launched the Oldest Vulnerability contest for one
of our other projects, the Open Source Vulnerability Database, and
from it came vulnerabilities dating back as far as 1965.

Submissions will be accepted starting at midnight CST, April 1st, 2009
through 11:59pm CST, May 15th, 2009.

Incidents must have resulted in a breach of Personally Identifiable
Information (PII). Specifically, incidents must have resulted in the
loss of one or more of the below:

    * Social Security Numbers (or National ID)
    * Credit Card Numbers
    * Bank Account Numbers
    * Medical Records

First Prize goes to the oldest incident found, and consists of:

    * A Mac Mini - Valued at $599.00
    * $250.00 USD American Express Gift Card
    * Plus More...

There are also second and third prizes, so please visit:

http://datalossdb.org/oldest_incidents_contest

If you have any questions about this contest that are not answered on
the contest page or in this email, please contact curators at
datalossdb.org

With that said, please DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS EMAIL.  Mail the
curators@ address.  All replies to this email or sent to the dataloss@
address will be rejected, quite possibly with a snarky comment,
finger-pointing, and giggling.
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