The controversy swirling around the Planned Parenthood organization continues. Last week, ugly video surfaced that showed Planned Parenthood executives discussing the donation of fetus' organs and tissues for research purposes.
Now, we are learning about a cyberattack that may have compromised the nonprofit's databases and employees' personal information. The hack was carried out by a vigilante and politically-motivated group calling itself 3301.
The group claims that it will release the stolen email addresses of employees as well as documents detailing Planned Parenthood's abortion practices and plans. It seems 3301 was able to break into Planned Parenthood's servers via a Blind SQL injection attack.
An SQL injection attack works against websites that have SQL databases, which is most sites that store user information. Basically, hackers send database command codes to the target site over the Internet, and if the site's database has a flaw in the security that accepts them, the hackers can see all the information in the database.
It's a fairly basic attack, and most sites that store user information test for it regularly. By comparison, 3301 wasn't able to get into Planned Parenthood's Twitter page as many other hacking groups have done to other organizations.
In the meantime, Planned Parenthood, the FBI and the Department of Justice are continuing to investigate. As this was being written, none of Planned Parenthood's internal emails has been released.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
PP's IT department or vendor should be fired... SQL injection is a OLD, OLD, method.... If the database version wasn't patched, then the firewall, using a default security profile, should have caught it... two levels of protection, two levels of failure.. There is no excuse...
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
PP's IT department or vendor should be fired... SQL injection is a OLD, OLD, method.... If the database version wasn't patched, then the firewall, using a default security profile, should have caught it... two levels of protection, two levels of failure.. There is no excuse...
Are you saying their computer security is a total abortion?
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
I don't have a beef with planned parenthood but the spinning on what the doctors clearly said does nothing to help PP in this issue. She should have the courage, i.e. "less crunchy abortions", to say the mother agreed to donate tissue and they did the abortion in the best way possible to accomplish that.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
I don't have a beef with planned parenthood but the spinning on what the doctors clearly said does nothing to help PP in this issue. She should have the courage, i.e. "less crunchy abortions", to say the mother agreed to donate tissue and they did the abortion in the best way possible to accomplish that.
If that is actually true,then they should admit to it. The video is obviously edited to show the the political view intended. At this point, the video could be 100% lies and the extremists on the right would still believe it. This is about FACTS, it's about politics.
Can you imagine how many unintended pregnancies we would have in this country if PP weren't doing their job?
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
looks like there ain't enough free birth control out there, huh?
how much tax payer's money has been spent on sex education?? how'd that work out?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Cicero is joining the ranks of the FAKE PP VIDEO SQUAD.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Possibly you've seen Cissy's baby here before. His name is BOB. He's a regular on this board.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
PURE EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
The Center of Medical Progress is proof... when you are dealing with The Gullible Right Wing... 'you can fool all of the people all of the time'.
The FACTS ~ "The video is a fake..." The Rabid Right~ "They are cutting up babies".
The FACTS ~ "No. You don't understand, the video is edited to show anti choice lies..." The Rabid Right~ "But PP is selling those 'baby' parts. The bastards".
The FACTS ~ "The video shows an edited discussion where anti choice zealots tried, and failed to entrap PP officials..." The Rabid Right~ "PP was haggling over the price of baby parts".
The FACTS ~ "OK. you need to stop. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE VIDEO IS A FAKE?..." The Rabid Right~ "Of course it's a fake... But even so... I don't care. PP IS SELLING BABY PARTS".
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Planned Parenthood sends threatening letter to news outlets to convince them not to air video. Not because it's a FAKE video, but because Planned Parenthood believes it violates patient privacy rights and violated laws while obtaining the video footage. YIKES! Planned Parenthood in defcon 5 crisis mode. Why are they threatening news outlets with legal action? Shouldn't they be threatening the Center for Medical Progress?
Box, the DNC is gonna have you working OVERTIME typing away trying to convince people that what they are seeing and hearing isn't really what they are seeing and hearing. Maybe Debbie Wasserman Shultz will be sending out talking points shortly to stop the hemorrhaging(no pun intended)
Quoted Text
To: North Dakota Health and Political Reporters and Producers From: Jen Aulwes, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota Date: July 27, 2015 Re: Center for Medical Progress Expected to Violate Patient Privacy
The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) is an extreme activist organization whose sole mission is to prevent women from accessing health care and to destroy Planned Parenthood. The board members of this group believe that abortion is “genocide,” and employ people who went to jail for attempting to bomb a women’s health clinic. They are also connected with the man who murdered abortion provider Dr. George Tiller.
CMP has used footage obtained through deceit and unlawful behavior, including possible violations of state recording laws, federal tax laws and falsified state identification. Then, they concoct wildly false stories through selective editing. We expect this video will be no different in that regard; however, footage yet to come is expected to represent an extreme violation of patient privacy by including footage of post-abortion fetal tissue neither patients nor health care professionals authorized be filmed.
When your network decides whether to consider this story newsworthy, or whether to use any of this footage at all, we urge you to keep this in mind: The extremists who entered Planned Parenthood labs under false pretenses violated research protocol, and, worse, violated the privacy of patients involved. Those patients’ privacy should not be further violated by having this footage shared by the media.
The storage and examination processes that CMP used to get this footage are medically necessary. It is necessary medical professionals ensure an abortion is complete so that patients do not get an infection. When tissue is donated for medical research, these steps are also necessary for the donations to be completed. It is also medically necessary that researchers evaluate the laboratory procedures of a medical provider for safety standards and best practices.
Some of the conversations and protocols that occur in medical settings and among professional peers can sound jarring when taken out of context. While this can be difficult to hear or watch, it should not be used as an excuse to defund Planned Parenthood.
CMP gained access to Planned Parenthood facilities under false pretenses and filmed without securing approval from the Planned Parenthood staff being filmed or the patients whose privacy is compromised by this secret videotaping. The material should not be aired.
Please contact me at 651-755-9557 or jaulwes@ppmns.org if you have any questions or need any more information.
Logged
