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The question is whether Sony is really an outlier in terms of security, or if most big corps are getting by with security by obscurity (or no one cares about ha

by smackfu 15y ago

The question is whether Sony is really an outlier in terms of security, or if most big corps are getting by with security by obscurity (or no one cares about hacking them).

illumin8 15y ago
Most big corps are probably just as bad. I work for a bigcorp, and our security ranges from barely competent to completely ridiculous.
- yuhong 15y ago
  I think on average it depends on how good the bigcorp itself is.
- getsat 15y ago
  This level of professional negligence isn't reserved exclusively for megacorps. There's YC companies writing their own PHP frameworks that will enable these flaws to live on for another generation.
code_duck 15y ago
They're probably getting away with the appearance of security: if the crackers didn't publicize this, and Sony didn't, we would ever know. So how many companies who store personal information are being compromised these days? I have a feeling that Sony is not unusual in their level of insecurity.