The Beginning of the End For Hadopi?

zrbyte writes "TorrentFreak reports on the latest developments in the french Hadopi saga. 'The private company entrusted to carry out file-sharing network monitoring for the French government has been hacked. Trident Media Guard, which is responsible for gathering data for so-called 3 strikes warnings was hacked and now has some of its data out in the wild, an event which has the potential to upset the operation of Hadopi.' TMG temporarily suspended the gathering of data on file-sharers while they investigated the breach, later claiming that the attack was on 'an unprotected test server with no confidential data.'"

Hacked? Really?

[Trigger31415]

Quoting TorrentFreak: "Actually, hacked is probably too strong a word, since it appears TMG left the front door open." According to Bluetouff (the one who performed the 'hack'), the "Index of" wasn't disabled, so the data was left in the open. Oh, btw, Hadopi is about punishing people if they didn't secure enough their wifi / computer ...

Excuse me, but could someone clue me in

[Opportunist]

Now, it might be different how my company handles tests, but I'd have guessed it would be a bit more difficult to hack a "test" server because, well, it's used for testing. Not for public viewing. It may seem odd to the unsuspecting eye, but test servers are usually vastly better protected than productive systems. First, for the obvious reason that they are used internally and thus reaching them is usually a bit more tricky than accessing a system that needs external connections, and second because test servers are usually used for software that's not yet launched and hence usually a bit more "secret" than software that already made it into the open.

Is it me or is having a "hacked test server" not looking too well on their security bill?