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Dear Int-Boundaries Community, I would like to offer a public apology to Francois Bonnet for raising doubts regarding the legitimacy and authenticity of this e-mail. The fact that Google reported the IRASEC website to be compromised, combined with the fact that Mr. Bonnet used a non-institutional e-mail address, raised my suspicions. In my other life as an Internet lawyer, I am confronted by cases almost every day where parties harbouring a malicious intent send out e-mail messages that are calculated to arouse the interest of the intended recipient in order to breach their computer systems and obtain sensitive data. Given the kinds of sensitive matters that the Int-Boundaries community deals with, I felt it was better to be safe than sorry in alerting the community to the potential danger posed by clicking on the link sent by Mr. Bonnet. Although it is now clear that Mr. Bonnet is indeed a legitimate researcher, I advise all members of this list not to click on the IRASEC link until that organization can confirm that its site has not been compromised. Once again, my apologies to Mr. Bonnet for raising concerns about his e-mail before the entire Int-Boundaries community. Regards, Vivek Krishnamurthy Vivek Krishnamurthy | Associate Foley Hoag LLP 1875 K Street NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 202 261 7366 phone 202 467 9666 fax www.foleyhoag.com On 2012-09-30, at 12:42 , FRANCOIS BONNET <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You received an e-mail saying that my email is a security risk. I checked the website of IRASEC before sending my first e-mail and it was ok. After the email warning of Atty Krishnamurthy, I checked again and there was a warning from Google. So, please, if there is an administrator for this site, can you kindly delete the link with IRASEC ? I don't want to create problems for the community !!! I am a legitimate researcher and I used a private e-mail. Sorry for the potential problem I created... I will check tomorrow with the maintenance of the website. > > Regards > Francois Xavier Bonnet United States Treasury Regulations require us to disclose the following: Any tax advice included in this document and its attachments was not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code.</p> <p> This email message and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Foley Hoag LLP immediately -- by replying to this message or by sending an email to [log in to unmask] -- and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments without reading or disclosing their contents. Thank you.</p> <p> For more information about Foley Hoag LLP, please visit us at www.foleyhoag.com.</p>