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Slack Warns Investors It's a Target for Nation-State Hacking
- mfatica 8y agoUm... Duh? Any significant technology company, especially one dealing with communications, could be a potential target for malicious actors. How is this even news? Can't wait for "Banks warn customers they're potential target for robbers." This is straight up FUD from vice
- 1f60c 8y agoFUD?
- buschkowitz 8y agoFear, uncertainty, doubt
- cutety 8y agoFear, Uncertainty, Doubt
- SteveNuts 8y agoDuh, any major communications platform is a target.
- holografix 8y agoThat sounds like a canary alarm to me. Prob receiving several requests from the US gov?
- KingFelix 8y agoSo does this also reference sensitive information private companies are using? The article says your boss can look at your stuff, but if you're using it I assume that would be the case anyway. What about IP etc?
- x0ner 8y agoWhile it's expected a technology company dealing with communication would be the target of external threat actors, I think there's value in Slack being very clear that eliminating the risks from a strongly motivated actor is not completely possible. As commonsense as that would seem, most of the public do not have a strong grasp on these more advanced cyber actors. What's nice in being proactive is that it opens up a proper conversation prior to a breach (yes, I know they were breached before) and could get us closer to coming up with a better solution for dealing with these attacks.