[amsat-bb] AMSAT Member Mailing list

[Bruce Perens]

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From: Bruce Perens <bruce at perens.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 12, 2020, 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Member Mailing list
To: Kevin <wa7fwf at gmail.com>


The mailing list was never compromised. But my HOME address, under "Open
Research Institute" was used as the return address. This was a mistake and
I didn't ask for it. I was, however, the author of the mailer, in which I
introduced the candidates. The mailing was done by a bulk Mail company and
did not involve me. I got one returned letter, informed someone responsible
who had a right to see that address, and promptly forgot it.

Thanks

Bruce

On Sun, Jul 12, 2020, 7:11 PM Kevin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

>   Hello All,
>
>    In a previous email to the BB I posted the link to the letter we all
> received as members.
>
>
> https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200710_AMSAT_Leadership_Explains_Legal_Expenses.pdf
>
> I was re-reading it and something caught my eye that I had missed before.
>
> "AMSAT did not provide a copy of its membership mailing addresses to
> Open Research Institute."
>
>     Just how was our mailing list compromised? This seems like a serious
> breech of security, was this a hack? was any other information lost?
> was it ever found out how it happened? is our mailing list as they say
> "out in the wind"?
>
> Michelle could you possibly check from the ORI side and backtrack how
> ORI came into possession of the AMSAT mailing list, was it something
> that was procured online?
>
> AMSAT needs to follow up on this privacy issue and report back what it
> found and any steps that were taken to prevent this from happening in
> the future.
>
>
> I look forward to an answer
>
> 73 Kevin WA7FWF #19623
>
>
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