Security Vendors Love Them Their Hackers
I read these indignant comments about the bank being lax and the hacker being at fault and this argument ensues and this idea the fine is too low and the people what had their information nicked are only worth 80 cents each and, shut it!!!! Cap One had oodles and scads of infosec crap platform protections in play and this entity called Paige wandered in and made off with all them goods. Bet on this: the information security vendors what had their wares installed and whatnot in the Cap One data tank went to the soon to be sacked CIO and minions and declared "BUY MORE OF OUR FLAWED CRAP BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OF OUR FLAWED CRAP RUNNING IN YOUR SWISS CHEESE ENVIRONMENT SO YOU WAS ROBBED!" So Cap One did buy more of what was hacked by Paige. And the Cap One brass was all like the Girl With The Faraway Eyes, sitting in the corner looking a little bleary, cheque books at the ready. Like Mick sings - When you are down on your luck and you can't harmonize, buy another firewall for the girl with the faraway eyes.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
