O2 Leaks "Private" MMS Photos
Score one for lax security. UK Mobile Operator O2 allows its customers to send Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) photos to email recipients by way of a web interface, as Slashdot reports. No big deal—that’s actually a useful feature.
So what’s the problem? The post said that the URLs published by the MMS-to-email application are not authenticated. “That means a simple Google search reveals hundreds, if not thousands, of private photos.”
As InformationWeek also reports, O2 was basically relying on the ostrich syndrome as their entire security strategy—if you don’t see it, it’s not there.
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