Steffen, I understand completely and I appreciate everyone's assistance in this matter. The person who did this isn't cooperating in the slightest even though he knew better than to put this sort of stuff on the web.
Thanks! -c On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 21:04 +0200, Steffen Mueller wrote: > Hi Charles, > > On 09/15/2011 02:52 PM, Charles Hamilton wrote: > > I'm the I.T. Manager for Dyer& Associates, P.C. One of our former > > employees posted some code to CPAN a while ago and this code contained > > some sensitive data that belongs to some of our clients. Specifically, > > these files: > > > > http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/LEOCHARRE/PDF-OCR2-1.11/t/problemdocs/problemdyerfile.pdf > > > > http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/LEOCHARRE/PDF-OCR2-1.12/t/problemdocs/problemdyerfile.pdf > > > > http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/LEOCHARRE/PDF-OCR2-1.11/t/leodocs/tuition.pdf > > only Andreas Koenig can do an instantaneous (no three-day wait) delete > from PAUSE. He reads this list and will likely get back to you as soon > as he can. > > You will have a very hard time eradicating all copies of these documents > from the internet. As Graham said, regular CPAN mirrors will > automatically remove the files after they have been deleted from PAUSE. > There are several sites that do not delete any distributions by default. > This is by design. Apart from the two that Graham mentioned, there is > another run by Barbie for the CPAN testers. I am CC'ing Barbie on this > email. > > It is possible for anybody to run such a non-deleting mirror on his > computer at home. We can't possibly track all copies down, just the most > prominent ones. > > Best regards, > Steffen
