As stated in the introductory post,
it is crucial to be on top and alert of all information securities’ “barriers”
in order to keep important data safe from attackers or hackers to be more
technical. A recent incident happened when Ebay suffered a cyber attack and
thousands of member’s accounts and passwords were stolen. The hackers in this case were able to gain
access to the companie’s corporate network, this all resulted with every single
user having to change their passwords and login credentials. This kind of
attack can get dangerous in the fact that by stealing member’s login
credentials, hackers can get access to people’s credit card information, home
addresses, phone numbers, shopping history, etc. As scary as it sounds, It is
sometimes impossible to be prepared for every single cyber attack because security
specialists just can’t predict in what way and using which network resources
the hackers will try to penetrate the network. As stated in the introduction of
this blog, Security experts cann only be on the lookout examining suspicious network traffic constantly in case there is an “intruder” in the network
that shouldn’t be there. Of course it is not just the Information Security
Officer’s duty to protect the network , software engineers also need to develop
software programs that are secure and hard to hack into. Network administrators
are also responsible when it comes to providing network access to strangers and
how much of the network resources each of the users connected to the network
are permitted to use and for how long. This particular incident about ebay is
an example of a breach in one of their databases ( which could be on the
software engineer’s side), but of course no one will ever know how and using
what the intruders were able to penetrate the network. Ebay says “it is working
with law enforcement and leading security experts to “aggressively” investigate
the matter”. more on this article
I'm one of the many eBay users and yet I'm not even aware of this security breach. I wonder if my information is still all right. It's sad to see that criminals are always one step ahead of law enforcers, as the article has demonstrated. Still, I think that it's good that eBay has decided to "aggressively investigate the matter". Hopefully, they will come up with different methods that can enhance network security better.
ReplyDeleteIt's worrisome to think people can hack into a well known system such as ebay where thousands of people use it and put their information on it. It's good that ebay was aware of this hack and was able to notify most people of it so the customers were able to change their passwords. With technology advancing and being more depended on by, people are more at risk to having their information stolen or hacked. It's necessary that security experts and software engineers to be able to make it more difficult for anyone to be able to hack the system.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds of the time that the PlayStation network was hacked and people’s information was stolen. What I am wondering is if law enforcement gets on these types of case. I feel that these types of cases are akin to a heist or fraud in which law enforcement are actively looking for the perpetrators. I believe that companies bear the burden of security as opposed to law enforcement in terms of cyber defense. Is creating a defense system similar to creating a bullet proof vest in the sense that it is much easier to penetrate a bullet proof fence than make a bullet proof vest?
ReplyDeleteIt should be scary to anyone using online services to hear these kinds of news. Even people who don't use Ebay's services specifically, their information is still at risk of being hacked. It is also hard for big companies to always keep track of their system and keep it as secured as possible. There is no absolute secured algorithm anyways, so people can always find their way into a company's database and hack information. Then it would be people who trusted the companies to store their information to pay the prices.
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ReplyDeleteSeeing news like this thoroughly scares me. In this day and age, we are trusting more and more of our personal information to people other than ourselves. I wouldn't give my wallet to a friend to keep safe for me. I would rather protect it myself. With everything going online, we are getting less and less say on how our information is secured and used. The solution to this would be to never put information online, however, sometimes we are not in control of what we sign up for and are required to do so in some cases. For a quick example of this we can use our English class. We were required to create twitter and blog accounts which require our personal information to create. The more places you put your information, the more likely it is to get stolen.
ReplyDeleteSeeing news like this thoroughly scares me. In this day and age, we are trusting more and more of our personal information to people other than ourselves. I wouldn't give my wallet to a friend to keep safe for me. I would rather protect it myself. With everything going online, we are getting less and less say on how our information is secured and used. The solution to this would be to never put information online, however, sometimes we are not in control of what we sign up for and are required to do so in some cases. For a quick example of this we can use our English class. We were required to create twitter and blog accounts which require our personal information to create. The more places you put your information, the more likely it is to get stolen.
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