Hacking And Malice No Substitutes For Stupidity When It Comes To Data Leaks
from the that-wasn't-too-smart-eh dept
In all our coverage of corporate data leaks and the fallout from them, there are two noticeable trends. First, the disinterest on the part of companies and government to actually do anything to stop the problem, and second, that stupidity is often as much to blame for the leaks as any malicious action. This story falls into the second trend: the provincial government in British Columbia has managed to auction off a set of data tapes containing people's social insurance numbers, dates of birth and medical records among other information. As noted in the article, most companies would destroy these types of backup tapes -- or at least one would hope they would -- rather than resell them, even if they had been erased. While people focus on the malicious aspects of data leaks, perhaps trying to limit the effects of personal stupidity might be a better use of resources -- though certainly a much harder task.
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Even hacking is due to stupidity
There are people good enough to do it. The concern and economic incentive just isnt there.
Most data is stolen by circumventing extremely poor and well known security holes.
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What's worse...
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Who is the victim
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No Subject Given
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Re: No Subject Given
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Backup Tapes
I think this is how it was in many companies untill this kind of stuff made it to the media.
How much would they go for on ebay?? --just kidding .. hehe
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No excuses
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