One of the things my department was responsible for (back when I was still working) was data security. It was a serious issue, both for the obvious reasons of not wanting people to have access to our proprietary data and also to guard against the reputational risk of exposing information belonging to our business partners.
The subject was serious enough that we established protocols for dealing with the situations should they arise. Chief among the concerns was the double-edged sword of “Who do we tell?” and “What do we tell them?”
These responses would vary based on whether the breach was in-house or that of a vendor that we used. Thankfully, my job was simply one of gathering the facts and—”Without going into a lot of detail, Dan”—presenting them to the people crafting the messages. The hard part, of course, was not sharing the details.
Since retiring over four years ago, I have lost interest in a lot of technical subjects. One of the reasons I looked forward to retiring was to bring an end to the need to stay current across a wide range of technical subjects. Security and privacy still interest me, so I continue to receive several technical newsletters.
A couple of weeks ago, AT&T was in the news. Apparently, 60 or 70 million current and previous customers had their data leaked into the murky waters of the Dark Web. Today’s one-liner is the press release that accompanied the article about AT&T’s own investigation into the breach:
“As of today, this incident has not had a material impact on AT&T’s operations,”
AT&T press release
That’s certainly good to know.
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