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Australia Vulnerable to Korean Hacking Army
Nan writes "An army of more than 500 hackers hired by the North Korean military could find Australian businesses a "softer target" than their U.S. or European-based counterparts, according to security experts. The hacking army's mission is to break into South Korean, Japanese and American corporate networks to gather intelligence and steal trade secrets, according to reports."
This reminds me so much of "The evil Jew" NAZI-propaganda, it makes me puke.
Exactly. However, while some are paranoid about security, many are too clueless to be able to enforce it.
I used to specialise in system security, and in my experience, the single biggest threat to most corporations' security is the humble post-it note. Passwords stuck to computer screens... Not good.
Sometimes the actual software used in Australia is quite good, but it is useless if poorly configured or if users are allowed to leave gates open for anybody with a dictionary.
Paranoid is when you think people are out to get you. being protective is when they really are. Australian companys are not as protective of there data as those in Europe and US.
Saying Apple is better than MS is like saying Botulism is better than rabies.
We could use some natural selection to cull the windows boxen here.
Who'd have thought that Korea would help us weed out M$ crap from the herd?
Thanks Kim me old mate!
Why are there always so many news posts on /. related to Australia and their backwards government? Are they even relevant in the global scheme of things? (and I'm not talking about Kangaroo exports).
Please, if they got hacked, so what? What kind of secrets would be revealed? That The Crocodile Hunter is really a robot?
Most of the posts I've seen are:
* Jokes (N. Korea not having electricity, Team America, etc.)
* Suggestions to cut N. Korea from the Internet
* More Jokes
* Skepticism (This hype)
* Yet More Jokes
Personally, I think you come off as overly sensitive and you seem like one who exagerates.