On Friday, 22 August 2008 at 23:36, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski > <dominik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Friday, 22 August 2008 at 21:40, Paul W. Frields wrote: > >> Infrastructure report, 2008-08-22 UTC 1200: > >> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-August/msg00012.html > >> > >> I neglected to forward URLs to some other important lists, and apologize > >> profusely for the oversight. > > > > So. Now that we do have a vague idea what happened, I'd like to ask why > > was even that vague information withheld for so long? > > > > Not to mention there are still many unanswered questions: > > Which servers were compromised? > > How did the attacker get in? > > What exactly did they do? > > ...and a bunch of others, but let's begin with those. > > > > The information is probably part of a legal investigation which > basically keeps it from being mentioned until various law enforcement > agencies allow it to be announced. Releasing the information without > clearance from law enforcement means charges of "interfering with an > investigation", "contamination of evidence" etc.. which all have nice > 5-20 year sentences. If that is so then it should've been said. Or is disclosing the reason why you can't say anything also forbidden by law? Regards, R. -- Fedora http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rathann Livna http://rpm.livna.org | MPlayer http://mplayerhq.hu "Faith manages." -- Delenn to Lennier in Babylon 5:"Confessions and Lamentations" _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
