[Informatics] Security breaches and disclosure

[Robert Timmer-Arends]

Hello all

Another possibly useful story, at least for background info.
ABC RN Future Tense looked at hacking etc. Most notable was the idea that of 
three areas that could be addressed to make data protection better, the 
single biggest area for improvement is the people who own/run/use the 
systems.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/bug-bounties-and-pentesting:-the-wild-west-of-online-security/6966784

Regards
Robert T-A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Benjamin" <donna at cc.com.au>
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Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 8:29 AM
Subject: [Informatics] Security breaches and disclosure


> Hello all!
>
> Here's another data breach that might be interesting for discussion of
>
> ITI U3O1 KK 1-techniques used by organisations to acquire data through 
> their interactive online solutions and reasons for their choice
>
> "The personal information of almost 5 million parents and more than 
> 200,000 kids" has been exposed from toy maker Vtech.
>
> Troy Hunt goes into the nitty gritty here:
>
> http://www.troyhunt.com/2015/11/when-children-are-breached-inside.html
>
> It's one thing to "acquire" data, what about storing and protecting that 
> data?
>
> - Donna
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