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wired.com - 11/4/2009
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A secret document disclosing ethics investigations into more than 30 federal lawmakers is leaked to the public after a House Ethics Committee staffer puts it in a peer-to-peer folder on her home computer.
washingtonpost.com - 10/30/2009
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AN ACCIDENTAL DISCLOSURE Document was found on file-sharing
network Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 30, 2009...
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Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry
mobilewhack.com - 10/30/2009
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mobilewhack.com —
In the strict area of Egypt they have
released a code of ethics for mobile phone users,...
and it consists on 16 important points. This guide is suppose to teach people on how to use their mobile phone properly, without interfering with the life of ...
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Egypt releases code of ethics for mobile phone users
| Ooops "House Ethics Committee Staffer Leaks Secrets on (P2P) File-Sharing Network" http://bit.ly/3PaK6I 11/2/2009 |
| Oh, Irony, your name is House Ethics Comittee: http://bit.ly/FjlTK 11/2/2009 |
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U.S. Ethics Committee staffer file-shares sensitive document
ZDNet Government —
... reports that a (now) ex-employee of the U.S. House Ethics Committee put a sensitive report detailing 30+ current investigations on to a public accessible computer. Wired Magazine also reported on this story, says it was put onto a personal computer, and then placed it into a file folder used for peer to peer file sharing to the Internet. No word on what file sharing application tool was used. If it was setup as anonymous FTP, it may have been from one specific computer or wound up on hundreds if not thousands of computers. The Post reveals; The ethics committee is one of ...
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