I think security is a big issue in the modern world with countries preparing for cyber attacks in time of conflict.
I agree, but like every other method of security now days, someone finds a way to breach it, but the fight must go on, to help combat it the best we can with the newest tools available to us.
Security is a HUGE issue today - but are countries really doing enough to prepare? I hope so, but not sure.
As to Mr Bill's comment, the bad guys most often don't have to find a way - it is already right there in front of them because most breaches occur because those in charge of security
negligently failed to do their jobs!
As a (tragically) typical example, look at the HUGE Equifax Credit Bureau breach where the private records of over 160 million American, Canadian, and British citizens were compromised. The developer of their software identified the vulnerability, developed and distributed a patch to fix it
months before the breach occur. But the Equifax IT and security administrators sat on it and never applied the patch! That was not just negligence on their parts, but negligence at the C-Levels (CEO, CIO, CSO) too.
But that's not all. We are talking about full names, addresses, Social Sand insurance numbers, driver's license numbers, credit information and more were all stolen. And how is it usable by the bad guys? Because none of that most sensitive information was being stored on the Equifax networks encrypted! It was all right there in plain English!
But did anyone go to jail for such such criminal (IMO) negligence? Nope! Not one person!
Was the
$32 billion company punished? Well, if you consider a $575 million fine and promise to do better appropriate, then I guess you can say, "yes".
One person did go to jail, BTW. The CIO got sentenced to 4 months in jail for insider trading. When he learned of the breach, he quickly sold off a bunch of his shares before the word got out and the stock prices plummeted.
