By Graham K. Rogers

There have been a number of recent instances in which Bloomberg have seemed determined to make a case against Apple, with doctored quotes, revelations that are nothing new and a biased survey: Wall Street on Apple innovation. A different set of standards may apply here.

However, with the recent terminal scandal, when it came to light that Bloomberg reporters were able to access supposedly secure connections, Bloomberg now has a another problem, related to the terminals. According to an article by Zeljka Zorz on Help Net Security, the Financial Times have reported that Bloomberg "inadvertently leaked . . . over 10,000 private messages exchanged by its clients."

Some of the information (that Bloomberg had permission to collect) included "confidential information such as the names and email addresses of the traders that exchanged them, their trading activity, price information, and even their unique Bloomberg user identifiers. . . ."

Perhaps this may explain why enquiries sent to Bloomberg to ask for confirmation of certain points remain unanswered. They may have more to worry about than a simple anti-Apple bias.

Graham K. Rogers teaches at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in Thailand where he is also Assistant Dean. He wrote in the Bangkok Post, Database supplement on IT subjects. For the last seven years of Database he wrote a column on Apple and Macs.