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Security gaffe gores Bull's servers
What do France Telecom, Barclays bank, the British Royal Air Force and Italian Army have in common? Their confidential info was open to viewing Thursday
A security flaw at Bull on Thursday briefly allowed anyone access to the IT company's servers, offering up confidential information on both the company and its high-profile customers. Those customers include France Telecom, UK bank Barclays, the British Royal Air Force, the Italian Army and Aerospatiale's missile division, among others.
The flaw was fixed about noon local time Thursday. Bull -- IBM's main competitor in France -- told ZDNet France that the hole had appeared that morning.
The breach allowed any surfer access to highly sensitive information -- including, for example:
- Which servers are installed in the missile branch of Aerospatiale;
- Details on the type and location of servers used for the French national police database of stolen vehicles;
- Information on current Barclays projects;
- French bank Credit Agricole's security initiatives;
- The phone number of the billing supervisor at France Telecom;
- Information on the UK's Royal Air Force.