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Yet another PR submarine (press release masquerading as a story). Surprising that The Economist fell for the "we held a hacking contest and no one succeeded" st
by NateLawson 16y ago
Yet another PR submarine (press release masquerading as a story). Surprising that The Economist fell for the "we held a hacking contest and no one succeeded" story, but maybe the reporter is new.
The "honeypot" is the extremely thin tidbit that "whoa, there are hackers in Brazil!" The rest is about how their product can handle opening attachments from lots of self-selected challengers without compromise.
Blast from the past: remember the 1995 Sidewinder hacking contest? At least that was a product somewhat deserving. 15 years later, we're still seeing the slow roll-out of MAC in commodity operating systems.
- maukdaddy 16y agoSidewinder...now there's a name I haven't heard in a while. The Economist fell for the PR submarine because Infosec is completely outside of their realm of knowledge. The "story" sounded intriguing and would get them views.