It is said that the moment you have an online presence you immediately risk a security intrusion. You are already a nice fat target. The only question is whether someone would want to shoot you.
In the case of MPAA, everyone knows that there is no shortage of people who wants to make the shot. That resulted from the recent prosecution of ThePirateBay.org. Some people got so pissed off that they want to bite back at anyone from the opposing camp or those closely associated with them. Coincidentally, these people are not really technically incompetent, to say the least.
So, it is reasonable to expect that the MPAA should have strengthened their defenses in anticipation of possible retaliation. But an article I came across seems to point otherwise. It looks like the website of MPAA has some vulnerability. This vulnerability allows random code to be injected into the MPAA site.
Oh my. This better be fixed. And fast.
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I fully agree. With online presence comes a huge responsibility. It is like throwing stones at others while you are covering yourself behind a mere window!
ReplyDeleteI like your analogy, Elie. That's what I want to say. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYes Cody you are right, those who want to attack can attack,
ReplyDeletethere are the scriptkiddes who just play, try to find a weak target and just play with it..
Other who have really a bullet-proof target they want to breach by any means.. (like a bank for instance)
Thanks for dropping by, Hussein.
ReplyDeleteWhat you said is true. Security is really an important matter due to guys like those.