Private Yale Student Info Accessible via Google Search by Jeff James 8/25/2011
While we're normally flooded with news about hackers who routinely bypass security systems and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities to gain access to sensitive systems, recent news from Yale University underscores that the vast majority of IT security failures are caused by human error, neglect, or plain ignorance. I've written about how users are often the weakest link in IT security, but that maxim can apply to simple human error in general. According to the Yale student newspaper, the University is notifying 43,000 staff, students, and alumni that sensitive personal information -- like names and social security numbers -- were inadvertently made accessible to internet searches when a file containing that information was left unprotected and unsecured on an FTP server that was used as a storage location for open source software. ... http://www.windowsitpro.com/blog/security-blog-12/security/private-yale-student-info-accessible-google-search-140325 _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
