Re: Verisign deep-hacked. For months.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

So what part of VRSN got broken into?  They do a lot more than just DNS.

Indeed, VeriSign owns Illuminet, who are mission-critical for POTS. Illuminet is also in the business of recording telephone calls, SMS messages, etc. for law enforcement. That means that a "breach" at "VeriSign" could be nothing, or it could give bad guys access to a lot more than any breach or leak reported to date. Who knows? -- Jeff S Wheeler <jsw@inconcepts.biz> Sr Network Operator  /  Innovative Network Concepts