WTF?
Why did Honda allow a third party access to that kind of data? The mind boggles. Seems that the toy robot building global monstrosity is actually breeding muppets ...
Honda US has written to customers following a data breach that led to the exposure of million of customer records. Hackers made off with a database containing names, email addresses, and Vehicle Identification Numbers (the unique ID for cars) of 2.2 million Honda customers following an attack on an unnamed third-party …
"you also need your partners and third-party vendors to follow equally stringent best practices"
Sod that.
I you find someone willing to pay for the partner following "stringent best practices", wake me up.
Offers costing more than a lunch for five at Pizza Hut are generally immediately deep-sixed. Except if you are one of the Big Brands and have A Man Inside. Then you can actually add a 0 or two on the right side.
Snaffle, to* : to help one's self to what is laying about in abundance+/much "needed", especially if there's no-one about. This looks more like theft. . To order perhaps ?
*see also snaffling, snaffler, snaffled, snaffleable, popularised by Easy Rider mag et al c1980s.
mine was the fur one.
verb
[with object] British informal
take (something) for oneself, typically quickly or without permission:
e.g. shall we snaffle some of Bernard's sherry?
Admittedly the author is nouning a verb, but, hey, he's American - they can do anything!
Net security firm Sophos notes that the incident illustrates how the security reputation of household brands can be damaged by security faux-pas from its partners. "It may not be your company who is directly hacked, but it can still be your customers' data that ends up exposed, and your brand name that is tarnished,"
And Sophos has only just woken up to this fact?.
Wow, that instills confidence.
As a restorer of pre-1971 Ford cars, I can assure you that the VIN is useful ... A couple months ago, without the info provided by the VIN, I would have bought a "restorable", but fake, 1969 BOSS 302 Mustang. It was one of the best bogus-BOSS Mustang counterfeits I have ever seen. A couple years ago, I similarly turned down a 1969 Ford "Talladega" Torino. I'd have ignored this last one anyway (the bodywork was obviously not factory when I looked under the hood), but it was the VIN that tipped me off that something wasn't right.
Similarly, last time I bought used tow vehicle for our 6-horse goose-neck slant, I went through six big Ford pickups before I found one not on the "lemon" list and/or the "branded vehicles" list.
Note that not once, ever, have I had access to the original owner's name & address via the VIN. The VIN is just that, the Vehicle ID Number. Honda fucked up, big time.