Yep, that definitely, doesn't surprise me, about shared passwords, but
its better to get the information out their than not.  Big Black eye to
Linked in. 

 

Z

 

Edward Ziots

CISSP, Security +, Network +

Security Engineer

Lifespan Organization

[email protected]

 

From: Ben M. Schorr [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 9:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: To notify, or not notify (LinkedIn)

 

Yes, we did notify. And I got a response from one user thanking me
because he used the same password for LinkedIn *AND* his bank...so he
was scurrying off to change his banking password too.

 

Ben M. Schorr

Roland Schorr & Tower

www.rolandschorr.com | www.officeforlawyers.com | Twitter: @bschorr

 

From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ]

Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 14:07
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: To notify, or not notify (LinkedIn)

 

We fired off an advisory e-mail to our staff about LinkedIn and
recommending they change their password, and included links to both the
LinkedIn Tweet and the CNet article. After the e-mail went out I got
bombed by our Service Desk guys (it was my recommendation to send it)
asking why we would want to do such a thing since "it's not our
website".

 

I felt the scope was sufficient and the business use adequate enough to
warrant notifying our employees. I had folks above me agree with me
(else it wouldn't have been sent), and the front line guys disagree.
This is one of those judgment calls where everyone is going to handle it
differently.

 

Did any of you guys send a note out to your staff?

David Lum 
Systems Engineer // NWEATM
Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764

 

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