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Obama's cell phone records breached
Obama's cell phone records breached
An Obama spokesman said the transition team was told employees at Verizon Wireless looked through billing records.
Obama's Cellphone Records Breached
online.wsj.com — Verizon Wireless disclosed that several of its employees accessed and viewed President-elect Barack Obama's personal cellphone account.... (more) Obama's Cellphone Records Breached
The Associated Press: Rung up: Workers out for Obama cell-phone snooping
google.com — 3 days ago WASHINGTON (AP) Verizon Wireless on Friday fired an unspecified number of employees it said... had accessed President-elect Barack Obama's old cell phone records without permission. The firings ended an internal investigation into the matter. ... (more) The Associated Press: Rung up: Workers out for Obama ...
Obama's cell phone records breached
Obama's cell phone records breached
cnn.com — Records from a cell phone used by President-elect Obama were improperly breached, apparently by employees of the... cell phone company, Verizon Wireless said Thursday. (more) Obama's cell phone records breached
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  • arzoolaman arzoolaman
    +1

    This sort of thing happens frequently on a massive scale. Companies

    often allow employees access to more data than they should, and

    often lack the simple ability to audit trail and see who accessed

    what. I wrote more about this toping on my Privacy 2.0 blog

     

    Posted 11/21/2008 respond (flag)
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Obama's cell phone records breached
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... from a cell phone used by President-elect Obama were improperly breached, apparently by employees of the cell phone company, his transition team said Thursday. An Obama spokesman said the transition team was told employees at Verizon Wireless looked through billing records. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the team was notified Wednesday by Verizon Wireless that it appears an employee improperly went through billing records for the phone, which Gibbs said Obama no longer uses. Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/obama.cell.breac... Nice going Verizon.

Privacy
Eschaton — Privacy No privacy for you, even if you're president-elect. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Records from a cell phone used by President-elect Obama were improperly breached, apparently by employees of the cell phone company, his transition team said Thursday. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the team was notified Wednesday by Verizon Wireless that it appears an employee improperly went through billing records for the phone, which Gibbs said Obama no longer uses.

Overnight
Eschaton — Privacy No privacy for you, even if you're president-elect. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Records from a cell phone used by President-elect Obama were improperly breached, apparently by employees of the cell phone company, his transition team said Thursday. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the team was notified Wednesday by Verizon Wireless that it appears an employee improperly went through billing records for the phone, which Gibbs said Obama no longer uses.

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Obama's Cell Phone Records Looked At By Verizon Workers
tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2008: 11/21/2008 — WASHINGTON — Verizon employees snuck a peek at President-elect Barack Obama's old cell phone records and will be reprimanded accordingly, the company said late Thursday. Obama aides said no voicemails or e-mails were accessed. In a statement, Verizon Wireless President and CEO ...