Hack at UC Berkeley Potentially Nets 1.4 Million SSNs
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e-week has an article about hackers tacking advantage of a known vulnerability on an unprotected server to potentially gain access to some 1.4 million names, Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, addresses and dates of birth.
Remember the comment to my Does your company have a chief security officer post?
Yep, the ostrich analogy is a perfect fit here too!
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e-week has an article about hackers tacking advantage of a known vulnerability on an unprotected server to potentially gain access to some 1.4 million names, Social Security numbers, telephone numbers, addresses and dates of birth.
Ramos declined to confirm which vendor’s database was the subject of the attack but did say it was a “commercially available product” with a known vulnerability that was exploited. A patch for the vulnerability was available at the time, Ramos said.
Remember the comment to my Does your company have a chief security officer post?
Yep, the ostrich analogy is a perfect fit here too!
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