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Independent investigative journalist. Writes about cybercrime. Author of 'Spam Nation', a NYT bestseller. Wrote for The Washington Post '95-'09

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    1. briankrebs‏Verified account @briankrebs Sep 26

      Being in infosec for so long takes its toll. I've come to the conclusion that if you give a data point to a company, they will eventually sell it, leak it, lose it or get hacked and relieved of it. There really don't seem to be any exceptions, and it gets depressing.

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    2. PeterS‏ @BOSsportsaddict Sep 26
      Replying to @briankrebs

      How much is laziness and how much is intentional?

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      briankrebs‏Verified account @briankrebs Sep 26
      Replying to @BOSsportsaddict

      I think a lot of it is sheer incompetence.

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        2. PeterS‏ @BOSsportsaddict Sep 26
          Replying to @briankrebs

          That’s depressing. As someone who is 6 months from their bachelors in Cyber Security this is troubling to hear. Frequent reader of your website btw. A professor of mine at SNHU steered my class in your direction

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        3. J. Miller‏ @conjecturally Sep 26
          Replying to @BOSsportsaddict @briankrebs

          #jobSecurity

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        4. Brian Smith‏ @Briansmitherz Sep 27
          Replying to @conjecturally @BOSsportsaddict @briankrebs

          That's how I look at it. As an Information Security Specialist I don't have any fears of not ever having a job. My job just gets harder every day

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        2. Joshua Petro‏ @joshyLite Sep 26
          Replying to @briankrebs @BOSsportsaddict

          IT in general is loaded with it. HR and seinor execs need to wisen up and fire people that refuse to move forward, or flat out dont know their jobs.

          1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
        3. I’m a Gini in a bottle‏ @VeeNeckOppressr Sep 26
          Replying to @joshyLite @briankrebs @BOSsportsaddict

          Everyone I know in IT is overworked and, unless they have zero going on in their lives, behind the training curve cause the company is not willing to invest in training. HR and sr execs need to wise up, give up some salaries, and fix it. Or it's not really a problem.

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        1. Sean Gallagher‏Verified account @thepacketrat Sep 27
          Replying to @briankrebs @BOSsportsaddict

          The entire system is based on a foundation of insecurity and half-baked oversight, with a dash of regulatory avoidance and a side of "we can't afford that".

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        1. Tunnel Kat‏ @TunnelKat Sep 26
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          John Wooden said it best.....“Essentially, I was always more of a practice coach than a game coach. This is because of my conviction that a player who practices well, plays well.” Prepare for the inevitable.

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        1. grecs‏ @grecs Sep 27
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          That and not prioritizing like they should.

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        1. Sergio A. Becerril‏ @dolphone Sep 27
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          I wouldn't say incompetence. In my experience it's unwillingness to assign any sort of rational budget to infosec. In an information driven world that's preposterous to me.

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        1. Matt Baron‏ @mattbaron14 Sep 26
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          Can we have a "do your job" campaign?

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        1. Carolyn Gideon‏ @CarolynGideon Sep 28
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          Yes. And incentives problems.

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        1. Overloaded. Disregard‏ @fecnde Sep 28
          Replying to @briankrebs @BOSsportsaddict

          Naa it’s not incompetence or laziness. It’s realisation that it really doesnt matter. The bottom line isn’t affected. Just don’t get caught not caring.

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        1. Tristan‏ @tristan_ Sep 27
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          Incompetence of who: Devs? Infosec? Manager not prioritising it?

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        1. dew‏ @danofdot Sep 27
          Replying to @briankrebs @BOSsportsaddict

          Business imperatives (ROI/Return to Shareholders) trump low risk of reportable detection and adverse consequences. We wouldn't expect the private sector to have unilateral, endpoint x endpoint, responsibility for fixing this if there were significant numbers of lives lost.

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        1. Adil Burak Sadıç‏ @adilburaksadic Sep 27
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          Hanlon’s Razor! Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity/incompetence.

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        1. Robin Toal‏ @RobinToal Sep 27
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          Incompetence or people being overworked to the point where mistakes are made and shortcuts are taken?

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        1. Angry Deepest of States of Boo!‏ @ATG_CLC Sep 26
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          Incompetence outpacing malfeasance.

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        1. Ari Goldstein‏ @arigoldstein Sep 26
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          Without consequences. Worse- the companies with the greatest sensitive data like Credit Report co’s and the IRS are seemingly NEVER held to consequences.

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        1. ILoveBitcoin‏ @SPC_Bitcoin Sep 26
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          Kind of like unwanted pregnancy. Oh, It’ll never happen to me! Ooops!

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