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October 17, 2006 | Comments: (0)

100 out of 300 million in MySpace

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It's bound to happen, you've got 100 million young subscribers, so it's a place that attracts those that prey on the young. Unfortunately, this has proven to be the case, and several hundred predators have been found on MySpace by the part time sleuth work of ex-hacker Kevin Poulsen.

I'm surprised that there aren't more predators on MySpace, or that more weren't found. Of course this was just one guy do investigative work part time. And as Johnny Long as pointed out in his "Death of a 1000 Cuts" presentations, and as many of us know, detective work is hard.

I can't believe that we've hit 300 million people in the US, and a third of those are on MySpace? If those numbers are correct then that would mean that I know a lot of closet MySpace users, or my circle of friends, acquaintances, business colleagues and partners just aren't telling me something.

So why is knowing about MySpace important? Well, if you don't already employ a MySpace user you soon will. As samy and his worm pointed out, MySpace can be gamed. And it just a matter of time for MySpace to be the launching pad for another virus and worm attack on the corporate network.

So, are you blocking MySpace ingress to your company, or would that mess with your MySpace account?

Posted by Victor R. Garza on October 17, 2006 01:09 PM

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