Back in March when I posted about the RSA snafu], I was kind of harsh, because I was worried that this was going to turn into a really big mess. It sure seems to be turning out that way. Here’s a few recent headlines for those who have not been following the story:
NYT June 4: Lockheed Says Hacker Used Stolen SecurID Data
WSJ June 7: Security Tokens Take A Hit
NYT June 7: RSA Offers to Replace Most SecureID Tokens
WSJ June 8: Secure ID Clients Get Jitters
NYT June 8: RSA Faces Angry Users After Breach
NYT June 9: RSA Gets Security Chief
WSJ June 9: Hacking at Citi is Latest Data Scare
One of the things I said I was worried about] is that we are not taking this issue seriously enough. A rather jarring list of recent mega-breaches compiled by the WSJ kind of underscores this point:
Big Data Breaches In History.
Maybe it will ultimately be something like this that will get people’s attention:
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