Your point is summed up in the final paragraph of that article:
> On the other hand, LulzSec may inspire other hackers. Future groups may leave > the cockiness at home and quietly do a lot more damage. *It’s not like > LulzSec’s potential demise will do much to shore up security efforts in > various companies.* Thx *ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > Aren't you preaching to the choir a bit? > The tweet is stupid, but what else do you expect from a stream of > consciousness utterance? Your point, while entirely valid, misses the > point. It is up to us, meaning we need to do more to create secure > systems. In this case, Citi didn't even come close to doing that. To blame > LulzSec or the individual who "broke" their system, or has been arrested and > will probably be scapegoated is misplacing responsibility. There is plenty > of blame to go around here, and if I had to divide the responsibility for > the attack proportionally I would do 90% at Citi and 10% at Lulzsec. Now, > if Citi were operating a secure system, I would adjust accordingly, but > let's not kid ourselves about what Citi did or didn't do in this specific > instance. > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Sean Rector <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/lulzsec-is-it-too-cocky-for-its-own-good/51078?tag=nl.e589 >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I saw a really interesting tweet yesterday…”@LulzSec never promised to >> take care of my data, Citi did.” I think that’s a good point everyone needs >> to remember – it’s up to us, the sys admins of these systems, to keep the >> customer data secure, not the groups that break through the defenses.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Sean Rector, MCSE**** >> >> ** ** >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
