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It was brought to my attention tonight that there were certain sensative files on our server, and that these may of been compromised.

These files potentially include model information such as model release and id's... I am speaking with our server people now to investigate if they were indeed accessed...

Cate Harrington contacted me about this, and we immediatly removed the files from the server area... I 100% believed the part of the server that was accessed was secure... this now seems to be incorrect...

I have acted immediatly on this information, and put our hands up for the error, I have appologised to Cate... and am not trying to see via our server people if the logs were indeed accessed.

If I find out any of these files were accessed then I will immediatly contact all models concerned.

It is a lesson learned, and we will not make the same mistake again... I am hopeful he's discovery of this area of our server is a isolated incident and that the logs will prove this.

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I'm not on a crusade against puretotty.
I contacted him, and Cate Harrington, about how he stored files with sensitive personal information.
I have not threatened him or blackmailed him. What I wanted to make sure was that he didn't bury any findings that these files had been downloaded without authorization, and that he would contact the models about it. He has since threatened me that he would start legal actions against me, threatening to accuse me of slander and libel.

Really John ? I can only think your life is really boring, I asked you privately and you didnt bother answering... I will try again here... Who are you ? What do you do ?

Now let's tell the real facts... you and Cate contacted me, I subsequently contacted my server people as it was not my knowledge that these files were accessable... within 30 mins of you and Cate contacting me the files were removed...

I emailed Cate and appologised to her, she thanked me.

You messaged me saying I would probably be pissed that you had gone through my server, but I corrected you by thanking you for bringing this to my attention, and asked if you knew of any more breaches...

However this is where for me the communication went south, you seemed to turn into "Mr Investigation" man... bombarding me with a barrage of questions.... furthermore what ever I answered you accused me of basically lying, you not believing me and that I would not investigate or take any action...

I bit my lip not once, but twice... but when you did it for a third time I pointed out that I was done trying to speak with you, and if you felt I had done wrong then you should do what ever you felt needed...

I did point out that you should choose your words carefully and I stand by that... in the emails you send me you suggested numerous times that I had done this knowingly, that I had to intention of doing anything about it, nor that I had any regret... all untrue.

I did not threaten to accuse you of slander and libel, but I said if you said things that were untrue, unproven, or speculation like you had displayed in the emails you sent me then I would pursue legal means...

I put my hands up straight away for this error, it is unexceptable ! But it was a error, not one done deliberately... so not sure what you want, try and twist my words however you feel is needed... I made a point of not naming you in my original post but you seem to want the limelight...

Anyways John knock yourself out... I have a clean consious, we made a mistake, yes a pretty bad one, but we did and are doing all we can about it... And for your information, our logs as checked by our server people dont show anything worrying... the original reason the files were loaded was to give to people who purchased our content, it appears they were downloaded way back when and the ip's match the country of sale...

Up until Yesterday when you obviously got inquisitve as to what may or may not be on the server...

Do the logs show me downloading the files or not?
And the logs are only showing my ip and the ips of those who had the right to access those files?

John I have answered your question... I will repeat again I feel no need to answer your repetative questions, especially how you have spoken to me in emails, to jump when you say jump... Bottom line you have already made it clear you dont believe me... so what's the point ?

I notice this is your second post... your first being in this thread as well... so you set this account up just to get into this with me then right ?

Whilst we're asking questions I will ask you for the third time, who are you ? I dont of course expect you to waste your third post on answering that question... sigh

Well, I had to join to reply to your post.
From what you asked in the email, I'm not a photographer, I'm not in the industry, which I guess makes me the fan.

"And for your information, our logs as checked by our server people dont show anything worrying... the original reason the files were loaded was to give to people who purchased our content, it appears they were downloaded way back when and the ip's match the country of sale...

Up until Yesterday when you obviously got inquisitve as to what may or may not be on the server..."

And you really haven't answered my question. If you or the server people have looked at the logs, did I download the files? And are the only ips shown in the logs downloading the files mine yesterday and those of the ones who had the right to access them? That's really all I'm asking.
Not that hard to answer is it?

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