Just one reason I walked away..
One of today’s delightful headlines.. Rather ordinary, sadly.
* Unsecured server exposes 4 billion records, 1.2 billion people
“Two security researchers have uncovered four billion records on 1.2 billion people on an unsecured Elasticsearch server impacting what is estimated to be hundreds of millions of people.” Read more..
Yes. That’s “billion”. 1,200,000,000
By the time the masses wake up, it’s always far, far too late.
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Hi Tech Paul… This crap never ends.
T-Mobile has confirmed a data breach affecting more than a million of its customers, whose personal data (but no financial or password data) was exposed to a malicious actor.
Hope all is well…
Rick
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The least secure code (easiest to pwn) is database software. So we put more and more info into databases.
Kinda shocking ONE server had so many PII’s … …
Happy Holidays to you and yours, Rick.
And yes I’m good. 10 years without a television. Keeping tech at arm’s length. Focusing on living things/creatures. Life’s good.
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Hey Paul! How’s you doing?
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I’m well, Ranjan, thank you. Despite these trying times. Hope you’re okay as well.
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