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Huge target on their back no matter what. Like those movies where the tough guy is tested when he gets to prison. This is where it does not pay to be a public

by gist 6y ago

Huge target on their back no matter what. Like those movies where the tough guy is tested when he gets to prison. This is where it does not pay to be a public company. If they weren't a public company they wouldn't have to disclose this or acknowledge it and there most likely would not be a credibility damaging story which is easy to find. Sure the story could have gotten out but it would not be easy findable and would not be broadcast widely. An event like this makes major papers and nightly news. Read that again. There is nothing that says you need to air your dirty laundry. That's not a business or legal principal (other than whatever the public company requirements might be and I am not even 100% certain this was needed but I don't know). Also as others have pointed out indicating that it was a state sponsored actor is to me (for lack of an elegant way to put it) is 'chicken shit'. Why say that? Why not just say you were attacked and going to try and determine why and make any changes. All it does it sound like an excuse and further to say 'well others are not attacked like this and we can protect against them fine' doesn't fly.

lowdose 6y ago
> Why say that? Why not just say you were attacked and going to try and determine why and make any changes Because they would be out of business tomorrow if they say they think it was a 13 year old from Ohio just fooling around on a Sunday. This is FireEye marketing itself for the F500 by selling fear of an invisible adversary with unlimited resources that already deliver innovative black hat capabilities.
- gist 6y ago
  > if they say they think it was a 13 year old from Ohio How could you read my comment and think that is what I thought they should say?? I said not to say anything. And why use hyperbole ie 'they would be out of business tomorrow'. And no it's not marketing anymore than if a Karate expert airs that he was beat up in an alley and then says 'but the person was 9 feet tall that's why!'. (But sure to your point if they said 'by a 13 year old' that would not be better but once again I didn't say that.)
  - lowdose 6y ago
    But your oneliner leaves that much range open for interpretation and if a company is not this specific journalist are going to speculate because even the FBI has had 13 year olds harvesting chaos in their ecosystem.

by gist 6y ago

lowdose 6y ago

> Why say that? Why not just say you were attacked and going to try and determine why and make any changes Because they would be out of business tomorrow if they say they think it was a 13 year old from Ohio just fooling around on a Sunday. This is FireEye marketing itself for the F500 by selling fear of an invisible adversary with unlimited resources that already deliver innovative black hat capabilities.

gist 6y ago
> if they say they think it was a 13 year old from Ohio How could you read my comment and think that is what I thought they should say?? I said not to say anything. And why use hyperbole ie 'they would be out of business tomorrow'. And no it's not marketing anymore than if a Karate expert airs that he was beat up in an alley and then says 'but the person was 9 feet tall that's why!'. (But sure to your point if they said 'by a 13 year old' that would not be better but once again I didn't say that.)
- lowdose 6y ago
  But your oneliner leaves that much range open for interpretation and if a company is not this specific journalist are going to speculate because even the FBI has had 13 year olds harvesting chaos in their ecosystem.