http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hacked-data-broker-be-very-afraid-1441684860
By CHRISTOPHER MIMS
The Wall Street Journal
Sept. 8, 2015
Many security and privacy researchers expect a cyber-breach event that
will make the hack of infidelity site Ashley Madison look like a footnote
by comparison. It could affect not just people seeking extramarital
affairs, but everyone in America.
Even more daunting, it could be under way already, and we don’t even know
it, say computer security experts.
It’s difficult to pick the worst-case scenario for this breach, as each
could be devastating in a different way. It might involve the revealing of
everything from shopping habits to the complete Web browsing histories of
many Americans. It could put national security in jeopardy by giving
hackers the ability to create spear-phishing attacks—in which people are
tricked into compromising their computers via emails from businesses that
look legitimate—containing so much personal detail that even the most
paranoid of government employees or contractors could be fooled.
These security experts say we have unwittingly built the most perfect
online surveillance system ever contemplated—for bad guys.
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