• Rod at work (6/29/2016)


    Eric M Russell (6/28/2016)


    While we're on the topic of organizations who leverage technology to automate "grunt work", this is a funny read.

    How to Snare Millions of Men with Web Bots

    http://gizmodo.com/ashley-madison-code-shows-more-women-and-more-bots-1727613924

    Very interesting article, Eric.

    We can laugh, yet at the same time it is deeply disturbing how the bulk contents of the Ashley Madison data breach quickly became a sort of defacto "sample database" for use in the public domain as a basis for analytical experiments. The inner workings of the company have been laid bare, and the identities included in the dataset (more or less) belong to real people who never imagined they'd be exposed in this way. It happened to Sony and the US State Department too. It's a nightmare scenario and a cautionary tale for anyone responsible for protecting their organization's sensitive data.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho