Jon, about 15 years ago I attended one of these conferences. At the time I was chief of Cybersecurity at a major university. One of the “exercises “ was to break into the largest bank in (I’ll not say which one) a middle eastern country. The presenter said we were going in and obtaining a list of every account (and subsequent additional …
Jon, about 15 years ago I attended one of these conferences. At the time I was chief of Cybersecurity at a major university. One of the “exercises “ was to break into the largest bank in (I’ll not say which one) a middle eastern country. The presenter said we were going in and obtaining a list of every account (and subsequent additional data ie names addresses etc) that contained more than $50,000. From the start of him on his laptop to the time the accounts started scrolling on the projection screen was less than 5 minutes. It scrolled for 2-3 minutes before he cut it off and got out before we were discovered.
This was 15 (!) years ago. ANYTHING that is connected to the internet is capable of being hacked, altered, deleted, etc. given the proper resources. ANY computer or computer system that can be accessed PHYSICALLY is capable of the data being hacked, altered, deleted, etc.
The general public just doesn’t understand there IS NO SUCH THING AS REAL CYBER SECURITY. Only “relative security “.
Jon, about 15 years ago I attended one of these conferences. At the time I was chief of Cybersecurity at a major university. One of the “exercises “ was to break into the largest bank in (I’ll not say which one) a middle eastern country. The presenter said we were going in and obtaining a list of every account (and subsequent additional data ie names addresses etc) that contained more than $50,000. From the start of him on his laptop to the time the accounts started scrolling on the projection screen was less than 5 minutes. It scrolled for 2-3 minutes before he cut it off and got out before we were discovered.
This was 15 (!) years ago. ANYTHING that is connected to the internet is capable of being hacked, altered, deleted, etc. given the proper resources. ANY computer or computer system that can be accessed PHYSICALLY is capable of the data being hacked, altered, deleted, etc.
The general public just doesn’t understand there IS NO SUCH THING AS REAL CYBER SECURITY. Only “relative security “.