Is it just me or has 2023 been the year of the data breach? Maybe they are just larger or more widely reported. Just seems like there have been a fuck-ton of them this past year.
While true, I’m not convinced that fully explains it. Having been in IT nearly 2 decades I feel like the second piece is cybersecurity budgets getting slashed. A lot of them have been super-basic shit like someone clicking on a malicious link.
Profit > Security. These companies don’t care so long as the consequences don’t affect profit significantly enough. Infosec is always an afterthought, if considered at all.
Stupidest thing I’ve ever heard, you’ve clearly never worked for a company that’s dealt with a customer info data breach. It costs them massive amounts of money to clean them up, pay for identity protection (never take that) and the PR alone costs them more in the end.
Is it just me or has 2023 been the year of the data breach? Maybe they are just larger or more widely reported. Just seems like there have been a fuck-ton of them this past year.
Hackers-for-hire on the darkweb is big business these days
While true, I’m not convinced that fully explains it. Having been in IT nearly 2 decades I feel like the second piece is cybersecurity budgets getting slashed. A lot of them have been super-basic shit like someone clicking on a malicious link.
Yeah, some youtube videos that cover basics and hiring a firm after a breech is pretty standard it feels.
I bet 2024 will have more. More stuff is online and we don’t seem to be getting any better at securing it.
Profit > Security. These companies don’t care so long as the consequences don’t affect profit significantly enough. Infosec is always an afterthought, if considered at all.
Stupidest thing I’ve ever heard, you’ve clearly never worked for a company that’s dealt with a customer info data breach. It costs them massive amounts of money to clean them up, pay for identity protection (never take that) and the PR alone costs them more in the end.