The Clorox Company admits cyberattack causing 'widescale disruption'

The Clorox Company, makers of bleach and other household cleaning products, doesn't expect operations to return to normal until near month end as it combs over "widescale disruption to operations" caused by cyber baddies. The $7+ billion turnover biz, whose sub-brands include Burt's Bees, Formula 409 and Kitchen Bouquet, …

[chuckufarley]

Maybe someday...

...There will a Geneva Convention that lays out all of the various forms of torture governments are allowed to use against cyber criminals. While I doubt it would do anything to curb the problem at least we could laugh at something as the world burns.

[cookieMonster]

Re: Maybe someday...

Only after a Geneva Convention that lays out all of the various forms of bullshit governments/businesses are not allowed to sprout related to their failures

[MyffyW]

Re: Maybe someday...

Regarding cyber crims, perhaps the karma police could pay them a visit?

[Anonymous Coward]

A bit short on the technical details - what does Clorox run on

The Clorox Company Technology Stack

How Clorox leverages Cloud SIEM across security operations, threat hunting, and IT Ops

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: A bit short on the technical details - what does Clorox run on

I am surprised that Sumo Logic hasn't removed that boast from their blog. Good find!

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: A bit short on the technical details - what does Clorox run on

I share your assessment of Sumo Logic as a SIEM. Awesome Data Analytics tool, but the Cloud SIEM is woefully under featured and is an Administrative BlackHole for time and effort. The almost complete lack of UEBA and Behavior Analytics ML is also a big hole in the net. Stating you have UEBA by making everything possible an entity seriously clouds the threat landscape.

[Kev99]

Yup, let's put our business critical, confidential, proprietary, private data out on the 'net (a bunch of holes held together with string) or the cloud (a bunch of holes held together by vapor). IT's perfectly safe. We don't need 256 bit or better encryptions, two factor authentication.What could possibly go wrong?

[t245t]

A bunch of holes held together by string and vapor

I detect an air of deep cynicism round here :)