Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks
Summary: Mozilla said it is winding down its partnership with Onerep, the identity protection service bundled into Mozilla Monitor Plus, days after a KrebsOnSecurity report forced Onerep CEO and founder Dimitri Shelest to admit he had launched dozens of people-search services since 2010, including the still-active data broker Nuwber. Shelest acknowledged an ownership stake in Nuwber, which he founded in 2015 around the same time as Onerep, while maintaining there is no information-sharing between the two; Mozilla said customer data was never at risk but that the CEO's outside financial interests do not align with its values.
What's compelling: A vendor selling removal from people-search sites was run by the founder of a people-search site, and Mozilla only acted after a reporter surfaced it - a reminder that third-party diligence, not the vendor's own assurances, is what stands between your users and a conflict of interest.
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