The "yum" girl.

A victim of InformationWantsToBeFree.  Her boyfriend responded to a sex-oriented joke she'd sent to a group.  Following some banter, she made a complimentary comment, also of a sexual nature, which he shared with several co-workers at his London law firm.  Over the course of a chain of forwardings, the message literally circled the world, hitting countless inboxes.  The incident became global news, with one fairly complete account being at The Register [http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/15515.html].  Outcomes included disciplinary action against several of the principals.

The affair also spawned, what else, its own web page [http://whoisclaireswire.terrashare.com/]. (BrokenLink 30 July 2006)

(c. January 2001)

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