The frightening truth...

[lisburnvapes]

Oct 27, 2015 12:15:18 GMT charliehorse said:

Yes, everyone should be aware not to give out sensitive information to people on the phone, but the truth is that people do.
As for better out in the open rather than the dark web, that just seems a bit naïve to me. As if the criminal type that is going to take advantage of this only surf a certain area of the web and if stuff is out there in the open then they wont go near it.

Far too many companies, big and small, accumulate vast amounts of personal data on their customers, then fail miserably to protect that information on even the most basic levels.
Lots of the information companies ask for is not relevant to their business or your dealings with them but they still ask for it, and lose it.

In this instance, Talk Talk has said they will provide free credit monitoring for a year to affected customers.
In reality they will refund you the money you spend if you arrange and pay for your own credit monitoring for a year, providing you claim it back successfully.
And after that year is up ?

The internet is a fantastic thing but in this field the good guys are playing catch up to the bad ones.

You're missing my point, and naive I'm not. The fact that the data is easily available is irrelevant , the fact that the breach has been publicised is, people that may be affected can take necessary precautions , if the data theft was unreported then I feel a lot more people could be innocent targets of cyber criminals

[charliehorse]

lisburnvapes
I do understand your point that it has been publicised, and in this case fairly quickly, and this allows people to take some precautions, however the data itself is still out there.
You can change your passwords and check your bank statements etc but it's all still after the fact. Knowing about it may not be enough to stop anyone becoming a victim.

My main point, which I admit may have been lost in the rant, was and still is ...... the system was hacked using an old technique which is well known to the computer security industry and any basic IT department worth its salt.
The flaw that allows this to happen is also very easy to patch and considering this is not the first time talk talk has been in the news for cyber intrusions (3 times previously in the past 12 months apparently) you would think they might have improved things.