Mozilla says “customer data was never at risk.”
  • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org
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    8 months ago

    What happened to due diligence? This is the right move given the situation, but the situation shouldn’t have had the opportunity to come up.

    • Hirom@beehaw.org
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      8 months ago

      Mozilla should also investigate it own processes to understand how that happened, and question the person who approved this partnership.

      Then publish a postmortem analysis. This may earn back some trust from their users.

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    8 months ago

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    “Though customer data was never at risk, the outside financial interests and activities of Onerep’s CEO do not align with our values,” writes Mozilla’s vice president of communications Brandon Borrman, in a statement provided to The Verge.

    The service let users hunt down their personal information on the web and submit takedown requests across dozens of websites — all through Mozilla’s partnership with Onerep.

    However, an in-depth report from Krebs on Security found that Onerep’s CEO Dimitri Shelest started “dozens” of people-search websites over the course of several years.

    Shelest later published a statement admitting that he still holds an ownership stake in Nuwber, which lets visitors search for people based on their name, phone number, address, or email.

    “In truth, if I hadn’t taken that initial path with a deep dive into how people search sites work, Onerep wouldn’t have the best tech and team in the space.

    “We’re working now to solidify a transition plan that will provide customers with a seamless experience and will continue to put their interests first,” Borrman tells The Verge.

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