Learning From Gawker's Failure

Gunkerty Jeb writes "The Gawker hack has completely disenfranchised their users, not to mention the breach in trust that may well be impossible to regain. Users are demanding that they be allowed to delete their accounts immediately, and beyond implementing such a mechanism, it is likely that Gawker systems will have to be rebuilt from the ground up to avoid future hacks. So, what is to be learned from this perfect storm of bluster and bravado?"

Comments

Re:Description of hack?

[gklinger]

While it leaves many (mostly technical) questions unanswered, I found the this article to be an interesting and informative description of what happened.

Re:These lessons have been applied

[TheRaven64]

Being open does not make Slashdot easier to hack, because it's written in Perl and so even access to the source code does not make it possible for an attacker to understand what it's doing.

Re:Some of us are more fortunate

[glodime]

That's strange. All I see is ********** for the names of your cat, school, hometown, and mother's maiden name.