C I Host's Faulkner Points Out ChoicePoint Incident - Case of Common Social Engineering, Not Hacking [February 24, 2005]

Feb 24, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --

What: Hundreds of thousands of personal files reportedly were accessed or compromised via ChoicePoint's database. Initially, the outcry was "Hackers!" However, Christopher Faulkner, CEO of the largest privately held hosting company, begs to differ. "Many rushed to judgment, automatically thinking Internet and hacking. On the contrary, it is old-fashioned social engineering."

Who: Christopher Faulkner is prepared to discuss social engineering: techniques, dangers and preventive measures.

Faulkner is CEO and founder of C I Host, the largest privately held Web hosting firm, serving 215,000 clients in 190 countries.

Where: C I Host is centrally located and accessible to both coasts via the DFW Airport, just a few miles away. Faulkner is available for in-studio interviews, given advance notice.

When: Distributed February 24, 2005
C I Host is on Central time, but Faulkner is prepared to work around the schedules of media producers, assignments editors and writers.

CONTACT: D. Kent Pingel, VP, Corporate Communications, PR of C I Host, +1-888-868-9931, ext. 7006, or kentp@cihost.com

SOURCE C I Host