When bad stuff happens to good data

No need to panic. It comes with the territory and that's what I love about the interwebz.
 
It'a all good and well to say that only a small fraction of online data have been compromised, but try telling that to the guy whose credit card details have been stolen and who now faces a huge bill.
 
Unfortunately, all you'll get from the Japs. is a news conference, subsequent bow(ing) from the shareholders' / directors', and a 'sorry'. Remember Toyota, anyone ? :o
 
What I don't understand is why some hacker would make available the personal user data, or does he have something personal against Sony to want to do this?
 
I don't think there is any conspiracy against us and by us I mean people that lead a normal live and not make them self a target.

Yes, it is horrible to get your details stolen and now you have to proof you did not spend the money, but you also ticketed the "I agree with the t&c" button and in the end the person who is going to suffer is the business who got scammed with illegal credit card information, but don't they have some kind of insurance against that?

We live in exciting times, but that comes at a price at the end of the day it is you who decide what information you want to share with the grid and you must educate yourself what to do when stuff goes wrong.
 
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personal data is not personal anymore...problem with the information age is our personal information is everywhere...
 
theJonster said:
personal data is not personal anymore...problem with the information age is our personal information is everywhere...
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Like I said:

d-_-b said:
We live in exciting times, but that comes at a price at the end of the day it is you who decide what information you want to share with the grid and you must educate yourself what to do when stuff goes wrong.
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So it is your choice, but it is becoming very hard to function as a "normal" human being without giving out personal information.
 
I think when you are connected to the net, you are no longer alone & safe, regardless, but hey, that suits me fine ;)
 
Nice article but its more an interest piece than anything else. People may cry foul over the recent PSN and Apple debacles but its all hot air. Nothing will change, people will still use PSN in the future and people will certainly purchase apple products without even considering the possibility of being tracked.
 
Valis said:
It'a all good and well to say that only a small fraction of online data have been compromised, but try telling that to the guy whose credit card details have been stolen and who now faces a huge bill.
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You can just charge back? It's the shops where the fraudulent transactions are made that feel the brunt of internet fraud. If a consumer charges back, it's the shop's responsibility to pay the money back to the consumer (the issuing bank demands it).
 
The vast amount of information posted on the Internet everyday completely overshadows the time available by a hacker to try and get something useful out of it. People should always remember that they should only make information available which they would also tell somebody over the phone. These days people love giving out so much personal information, just look at the average facebook account. Then when the paw-paw hits the fan they cry long tears!
 
Wyzak said:
The vast amount of information posted on the Internet everyday completely overshadows the time available by a hacker to try and get something useful out of it. People should always remember that they should only make information available which they would also tell somebody over the phone. These days people love giving out so much personal information, just look at the average facebook account. Then when the paw-paw hits the fan they cry long tears!
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My battle.net account got a password reset the other day that I didn't request.
Only thing I can figure is someone browsed to the password reset page and completed the "secret question" thing: 'Where was your mother born'.
Back in the day (pre-facebook) not many people knew that answer, but now, with facebook, it's pretty easy to find out.
 
Only a small fraction of the petabytes of data gets stolen. The thing is, what type of data is the small fraction, definitely not pictures of me on my holiday. The reality is, other than the few 17 year old opportunists, online theft is also being run by organised crime these days, and that's a whole lot scarier than the spotty 17 year old.

As for the big corps, yes they have a responsibility to us, and seem to do an okay job mostly. However, there are a heck of a lot more small companies, with just as important data, that are on the net, but don't even know what a firewall is and usually don't even know when they've been compromised.
 
rward said:
'Where was your mother born'.
Back in the day (pre-facebook) not many people knew that answer, but now, with facebook, it's pretty easy to find out.
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And people who fill in the real answer to those questions deserve their account stolen...



RE the article - I am personally offended....

At the logo!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking

Notice that only the third is related to Computer Security, and the fourth related to actual computer crime - The first two links have nothing whatsoever to do with any criminally-related offense!

So please - Stop feeding the stereotype of "Hacker = Bad!" -_-
 
I think there is always an element of risk dealing with a credit card. Even giving it to the waiter to swipe at a restaurant is risky. What's to stop him copying your details? Or the pizza shop who has your details for quick phone orders and deliveries. We need to be more vigilant with managing our accounts, and report fraud to the banks. That's what we pay the "Card Protection Fee" for - or am I wrong?
 
tortured said:
No need to panic. It comes with the territory and that's what I love about the interwebz.
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I couldn't have said it better even if I tried! :) We are used to convenience... Article mentions that we're lazy to enter our CC details each time we make a transaction. We save this data online. Well, it's about time we start considering everything online as being on the public domain... Well, with some data more "public" than other.
 
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