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Hackers Compromise ICANN, Access Zone File Data System
Trailrunner7 writes with this news from ThreatPost: Unknown hackers were able to compromise vital systems belonging to ICANN, the organization that manages the global top-level domain system, and had access to the system that manages the files with data on resolving specific domain names. The attack apparently took place in November and ICANN officials discovered it earlier this month. The intrusion started with a spear phishing campaign that targeted ICANN staffers and the email credentials of several staff members were compromised. The attackers then were able to gain access to the Centralized Zone Data System, the system that allows people to manage zone files. The zone files contain quite bit of valuable information, including domain names, the name server names associated with those domains and the IP addresses for the name servers. ICANN officials said they are notifying any users whose zone data might have been compromised." (Here's ICANN's public note on the compromise.)
We have a document control system at work, it has grown to such a degree that adding a document is a 3 day process involving a document controller and various other tasks. If the document does not fit a corporate template it may get rejected.
At that point people tend to go "fuck it" and just send around work copies until it is finalized and THEN go through the hassle.
It is unfortunate, but I've seen it happen in two different companies so far... both multinational, both ignoring their own procedures for sensitive data.