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Of course, this should be expected. The information is worth millions, possibly billions of dollars. Certainly it attracts many attacks (and certainly they aren
by hackuser 11y ago
Of course, this should be expected. The information is worth millions, possibly billions of dollars. Certainly it attracts many attacks (and certainly they aren't all foreigners).
Dow Jones is negligent if they didn't implement very strong security, strong enough to make stealing the information not worthwhile. If the info is worth $10 million, spending $1 million to steal it is a simple decision for a criminal.
If you were such a criminal wouldn't you surveil the systems of all major news publications? All you need is to find one bit of market-moving information before it's published - a draft article, an email to a reporter, etc. - and, it seems to me, you can take in millions or more.
Maybe you'd also surveil the communications of Silicon Valley tech companies.