File sharing software compromitteerd, met name Limewire
Computer Security Alert, File Sharing
The
Denver District Attorney’s Office is issuing an urgent alert to
computer users who use file-sharing software, specifically LimeWire.
During
the course of a routine identity theft investigation, the Denver Police
Department executed a search warrant at a Denver apartment and
recovered personal and financial information from approximately 75
different individual and business account names from all over the
country. The information, which included tax records, bank account
information, online bill paying records and other material, appears to
have been stolen directly from computers that were using LimeWire, a
filesharing software program.
It appears that the file-sharing
program was exploited to enable someone sitting at a computer in Denver
to illegally access everything – every file, every document – on
computers across the country.
The investigation is continuing,
and we are urging people who use LimeWire or other file-sharing
software to ensure that their computer security is up to date including
adequate firewall security, antivirus software, and other measures.
Computer
users should be aware of the inherent risk of any type of
computer-to-computer file-sharing program. The Federal Trade Commission
has published a consumer alert about file sharing which can be found
at: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/sharealrt.htm
An
additional concern is the popularity of file-sharing among young adults
and teenagers and the fact that the software is free and easy to
download. If your child has a computer OR if you share a home computer
with a young person, you should check to see if LimeWire or other
file-sharing software has been installed on the computer. Computer
users might consider uninstalling and deleting file-sharing software
from their computers and consider having their computers screened by a
reputable computer professional.
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