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>>One of the things that really killed Yahoo, that no one talks about, is that they had these security people called Paranoids. Did this group of Paranoids hol
by otoburb 10y ago
>>One of the things that really killed Yahoo, that no one talks about, is that they had these security people called Paranoids.
Did this group of Paranoids hold product-blocking sway after or before the highly publicized Yahoo! hacks? Lose-lose no matter which branch of the analysis tree we traverse.
- lovich 10y agoBased on the timeline of the higher up link about the leak and the below article, its hard to tell. They appear to have had sway before the leaks were public, but they could have been known privately or people could have just been aware of how many holes they had in their system. Seems like it might have been a case of closing the barn door after the cows are out https://www.cnet.com/news/lord-of-the-paranoids-new-yahoo-security-exec-on-protecting-a-billion-plus-accounts/ https://www.cnet.com/news/lord-of-the-paranoids-new-yahoo-se...