So, like, you'd go to the SSA website, and they'd give you a string of digits. And you take this string and give it to banks or whatever, and they type it into the SSA website and that brings up who that is associated with. And the owner can revoke their string at any time and replace it with a new one. Better yet, make them all one-time-use, it's not like I REALLY need to use my SSN very often.
They DID have multiple layers of security. The highest one was 'sell the stock before disclosing the breach." Oh wait you meant data security. Nevermind.
All of those you cite are banks with numerous branches, subject to robbery and internal theft. They have security cameras which send their video over the internet, all branches are connected to multiple financial networks including their own, and lots of mundane paperwork is computerized. Securing all of these things counts as 'cybersecurity' and goes beyond what Equifax has to deal with, for the most part. If someone breaches/hacks Equifax, and they can ignore it/cover it up, then it's business as usual, so why spend money on it? It's only once the mandatory disclosure laws went into effect they took cybersecurity seriously.
I have to hand it to the Slashdot commenters who suggested in the past that the breach would be gradually revealed to be ever bigger in scope. I imagine it'll later come out that they knew all of its accounts were breached, before the sale to Verizon, and withheld that info so they'd be bought out for a larger sum. It wouldn't surprise me if somewhere in all the Yahoo data were credentials that could've been used to hack into other, non-Yahoo computer systems, and those hacks may never be tied to this breach.
If the Internet were centrally controlled by a dictatorship, then this democracy-preserving security feature would've been rolled out by now! That's why ICANN should relinquish control to China and Russia./s
If it's about 70 thousands of feet up, and moving very fast, it surely could simulate 1/3 earth's gravity. Disclaimer: periodic altitude boosts required.
When I think of a wasteland that has little access to potable water, a decaying alien civilization, no effective governance, is a pit people keep throwing money into, that is a good place to die and an even better place to send Tom Cruise, I think of Dubai.
I guess this is an attempt to head off legislation mandating free credit locks and unlocks (among other things). They already offer this for a fee, so I'm wondering why it's going to take them 4 months to lower the price to $0. Sure, it'll take some time to reengineer the site to no longer go through the checkout/charging process, but they could keep that process and lower the price to $1 (or less) within minutes, probably just a database field change. Is it really safe to wait 4 months for it to go free? I have a feeling the people who would lock their credit, will pay the ~$10 to do it now rather than risk keeping it unlocked 4 more months, suggesting this 4 month wait is artificial to make it seem like they're doing something while still profiting from their own incompetence.
After investing 2.5 billion GBP already, I sure hope it doesn't suck. The expectation to deliver must be hanging over James Dyson's head like a bowling ball.
The CEO isn't being accused of insider trading, but I imagine resigning is intended to reduce the likelihood that criminal charges will be brought against him. If your business is being an information broker, and securing people against problems involving that data, then it's not just the CSO's responsibility to secure your data. If this data leak led to a sudden explosion of identity theft, and a corresponding outcry blaming Equifax, then there'd be pressure to do something more than slap some C-levels on the wrist 5 years down the line after appeals. I'm sure Equifax is carefully weighing if it'd cost them more or less credibility to shut down after selling their name and assets to a 'new' company that carries none of the liability for these breaches, seem to recall Hostess did that.
This reminds me of the time the BBC aired the logo for the fictional United Nations Space Command (from the Halo series) instead of the real logo for the real organization United Nations Security Council. Apparently noone checks images when it comes to the UN, but goes with the first google result.
Oil companies also tend to have their fingers in natural gas (since the same well often gives both), which DOES produce a large portion of electricity in the US.
This makes me wonder if men having substantially higher mutation rates than women is a result of sex selection: women tending to be more attracted to men whose genes mutate faster, probably reaching some 'optimum' point rather than having a runaway effect. There might be some actual way of detecting another's mutation rate, or it might have just manifested as women being attracted to older men.
Plenty of people got rich selling tinfoil hats, Flavor-Aid, and doomsday cults (donate all your money to free your soul.) Cult leaders are especially likely to get groupies, although if you then have children you may care about what kind of planet they end up inheriting; try not to crap it up, k?
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I might not be able to remember everything I ate yesterday, but I could remember if I skipped breakfast.
So, like, you'd go to the SSA website, and they'd give you a string of digits. And you take this string and give it to banks or whatever, and they type it into the SSA website and that brings up who that is associated with. And the owner can revoke their string at any time and replace it with a new one. Better yet, make them all one-time-use, it's not like I REALLY need to use my SSN very often.
They DID have multiple layers of security. The highest one was 'sell the stock before disclosing the breach."
Oh wait you meant data security. Nevermind.
All of those you cite are banks with numerous branches, subject to robbery and internal theft. They have security cameras which send their video over the internet, all branches are connected to multiple financial networks including their own, and lots of mundane paperwork is computerized. Securing all of these things counts as 'cybersecurity' and goes beyond what Equifax has to deal with, for the most part. If someone breaches/hacks Equifax, and they can ignore it/cover it up, then it's business as usual, so why spend money on it? It's only once the mandatory disclosure laws went into effect they took cybersecurity seriously.
I have to hand it to the Slashdot commenters who suggested in the past that the breach would be gradually revealed to be ever bigger in scope. I imagine it'll later come out that they knew all of its accounts were breached, before the sale to Verizon, and withheld that info so they'd be bought out for a larger sum. It wouldn't surprise me if somewhere in all the Yahoo data were credentials that could've been used to hack into other, non-Yahoo computer systems, and those hacks may never be tied to this breach.
If the Internet were centrally controlled by a dictatorship, then this democracy-preserving security feature would've been rolled out by now! That's why ICANN should relinquish control to China and Russia. /s
I'm waiting for the inevitable 'phone sex' skill that lets you talk dirty to Alexa. The responses could be randomized and almost noone would notice.
The city inhabitants will flip a coin, win by default, and leave the habitat shortly after entering. Wait, what experiment?
*meters. Guess who's not allowed to make Mars probes anymore...
If it's about 70 thousands of feet up, and moving very fast, it surely could simulate 1/3 earth's gravity. Disclaimer: periodic altitude boosts required.
When I think of a wasteland that has little access to potable water, a decaying alien civilization, no effective governance, is a pit people keep throwing money into, that is a good place to die and an even better place to send Tom Cruise, I think of Dubai.
I guess this is an attempt to head off legislation mandating free credit locks and unlocks (among other things). They already offer this for a fee, so I'm wondering why it's going to take them 4 months to lower the price to $0. Sure, it'll take some time to reengineer the site to no longer go through the checkout/charging process, but they could keep that process and lower the price to $1 (or less) within minutes, probably just a database field change. Is it really safe to wait 4 months for it to go free? I have a feeling the people who would lock their credit, will pay the ~$10 to do it now rather than risk keeping it unlocked 4 more months, suggesting this 4 month wait is artificial to make it seem like they're doing something while still profiting from their own incompetence.
After investing 2.5 billion GBP already, I sure hope it doesn't suck. The expectation to deliver must be hanging over James Dyson's head like a bowling ball.
The CEO isn't being accused of insider trading, but I imagine resigning is intended to reduce the likelihood that criminal charges will be brought against him. If your business is being an information broker, and securing people against problems involving that data, then it's not just the CSO's responsibility to secure your data. If this data leak led to a sudden explosion of identity theft, and a corresponding outcry blaming Equifax, then there'd be pressure to do something more than slap some C-levels on the wrist 5 years down the line after appeals. I'm sure Equifax is carefully weighing if it'd cost them more or less credibility to shut down after selling their name and assets to a 'new' company that carries none of the liability for these breaches, seem to recall Hostess did that.
This reminds me of the time the BBC aired the logo for the fictional United Nations Space Command (from the Halo series) instead of the real logo for the real organization United Nations Security Council. Apparently noone checks images when it comes to the UN, but goes with the first google result.
No, it's a campground shot. Like a doctor's office shot, only administered by Jason Voorhees.
Like Japan and Germany abuse their auto factory workers? Chinese cars are crap, last I looked.
Oil companies also tend to have their fingers in natural gas (since the same well often gives both), which DOES produce a large portion of electricity in the US.
female gametes are 100% present at birth
That's recently been found to be untrue.
This makes me wonder if men having substantially higher mutation rates than women is a result of sex selection: women tending to be more attracted to men whose genes mutate faster, probably reaching some 'optimum' point rather than having a runaway effect. There might be some actual way of detecting another's mutation rate, or it might have just manifested as women being attracted to older men.
only earn 3,000 British Pounds (BP) more a year
Can someone convert this to something I understand, like Dogecoins per fortnight?
He's only able to give computers the two-finger salute, it's not to be taken personally.
This even has a tvtropes page: Caps Lock, Num Lock, Missiles Lock
50 percent of internet users have [...] of which 53 percent are 13- to 15-year-olds.
26.5% of internet users are between 13 and 15 years old? That explains everything!
Plenty of people got rich selling tinfoil hats, Flavor-Aid, and doomsday cults (donate all your money to free your soul.) Cult leaders are especially likely to get groupies, although if you then have children you may care about what kind of planet they end up inheriting; try not to crap it up, k?