oneguy - 4:27 pm on Feb 23, 2006 (gmt 0)

This is not the first prosecution to arise out of poor security practices on Acxiom's file transfer protocol server (FTP).

I have no love for spam, but the spam was a side issue here. Is anyone holding Acxiom accountable for poor practices? I'm no security expert, but it seems that Acxiom has some liability / accountability here too. Anyone know if that has been pursued?

Axciom "says it operates the world's largest repository of consumer data, and counts major banks, credit card companies and the U.S. government among its customers."

The amount of data collection happening out there already makes me feel vulnerable to who knows what.