by John » Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:14 pm
NoOneImportant wrote:
> John, I don't think that most understand how a hack, like the Sony
> hack, could jeopardize the entire company, and it's future
> existence, or permit a re-hack, almost at will. A brief
> explanation might be helpful.
Well, if you worked for Sony and I had your name, SS number, RSA
tokens and email account, then I could access your company computer,
and from there access anything in the company that you could access.
And even if you changed your password, I would have 47,000 other
people I could try. And I haven't even mentioned identify theft.
For further information, read the referenced Dark Reading article.
[quote="NoOneImportant"]
> John, I don't think that most understand how a hack, like the Sony
> hack, could jeopardize the entire company, and it's future
> existence, or permit a re-hack, almost at will. A brief
> explanation might be helpful.[/quote]
Well, if you worked for Sony and I had your name, SS number, RSA
tokens and email account, then I could access your company computer,
and from there access anything in the company that you could access.
And even if you changed your password, I would have 47,000 other
people I could try. And I haven't even mentioned identify theft.
For further information, read the referenced Dark Reading article.