They still took a major PR hit and anytime this type of thing happens to them again it makes it easier for the lawyers to get damages out of the company which will have an adverse effect on earnings which will hurt management in the pocket. BUT it still should never have happened with the relative ease that it was done.
Jon On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > How about this: > > Prosecutors estimate the group stole tens of millions of debit and credit >> card numbers, costing corporations and banks millions when they were forced >> to cancel accounts, open new accounts, monitor accounts for fraud, *beef >> up their network security* and invest in public relations to ensure they >> wouldn't lose customers. Authorities found more than 40 million distinct >> card numbers on two of Gonzalez's computer servers. > > > Um.... They needed to do that in the first place, so they wouldn't have to > make the other expenditures... > > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker <http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker> > > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How about the businesses who let this happen? >> >> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Not long enough and not severe enough, but that is just my opinion. >> What >> > about the federal people that were working with this guy. They get to >> skate >> > with nothing bad to them? They knew he was a hacker and were not >> watching >> > what he was doing? Something is not right there as well. >> > >> > Jon >> > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Sherry Abercrombie < >> [email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hacker gets harsh sentence: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/26/hacker-gets-harshest-cybercrime-sentence-passed/ >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sherry Abercrombie >> >> >> >> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." >> >> Arthur C. Clarke >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
