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2017-12-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Alteryx hack is huge! 123 million US households

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Posted by 3dc 2017-12-22 00:48|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 all your data are belong us.

Posted by Captain Grundy1029 2017-12-22 05:03|| 2017-12-22 05:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Not a a hack. The data wa sitting there for the world to see.

So long as data is stored in the cloud or on internet-connected private servers, incompetence will guarantee it will be made available to the bad guys.

Posted by KBK 2017-12-22 08:01|| 2017-12-22 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 It's been in the hands of telemarketers for years. Horse, barn door.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2017-12-22 08:04|| 2017-12-22 08:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Are there any financial penalties associated with jackassery like this? I would term this gross negligence. Companies trafficking in personal data - and these days, that's really everyone - need to have respectable security or risk fines/jail/ass-kicking. Equifax anyone?

Posted by Glomosing Omainter7636 2017-12-22 10:19|| 2017-12-22 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Equifax should have been Executed. That would have served as a wakeup call for the industry.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-12-22 13:25|| 2017-12-22 13:25|| Front Page Top

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