Posts by Russell Clarke
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One of my favourites...
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OnPoint: H4x0rs and You, in reply to Sacha,
I want to leave Planet Earth. Now.
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OnPoint: H4x0rs and You, in reply to BenWilson,
poor social graces
Not sure about the sexual partners aspect, but back in the day when I worked for a large NZ consulting firm we used to ensure our 'IT security people' didn't talk to the client without a chaperone/interpreter. Too easy to scare the horses otherwise.
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I'm wondering if DiData were consulted/informed before Mr Craig talked to the media. I'm also wondering how they're now reacting to being seen as a company that employs out-of-control malicious hackers rather than security professionals. Somewhat damaging, that.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Sad but true. I still expect, nay demand (!) at least a few nice motherhood statements from a senior civil servant so we're all assured that they care about this issue for reasons other than that it's making them look bad.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Jeremy Andrew,
I'm picking there will be pressure to be seen to be actually Doing Something. I'm just hoping they do the right thing. Oh, who am I kidding?
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Matthew Poole,
No, Matthew, I don't believe you have. In the general discussion (not just here) the ifs and could haves seem to be getting buried, and that's probably needlessly scaring the crap out of a lot of vulnerable people right now who think their information has been viewed/edited/sold.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to cognitive_hazard,
Neither, thanks for asking. I'm not debating the assumptions that need to be made about past events, nor the remedies that need to be undertaken. I'm saying that nobody really knows what happened, and everyone's banging on like they do know.
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to Matthew Poole,
The breach is roughly two years old, dating back to when the kiosks were installed. One week is neither here nor there.
The vulnerability may have existed for 2 years but that doesn't mean that people have been taking advantage of it since then. Or ever (until now).
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Oh my...