'Unknown persons' spin up 244 VMs at cost of $64k. Whoops
https://www-theregister-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2017/11/14/dxc_github_aws_keys_leaked/
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There is little point in firing cheap people as the cost of recruitment in that case outweighs the additionalrecruitment cost of replacing them with more cheap (and security unaware) labour.
I would suspect in this case DXC would not be able to prove that sufficient education of security policy had been provided to, or acknowledged by, the individual and so firing them could lead to legal problems.
Instead the company has to be seen to be 'educating' its staff, for publicity too, - to re-assure its clients that it is taking 'reasonable steps' to avoid it happening again. But the risk is still there and you will see more incidents like this occurring with the current staff churn, lack of KT and Inexperience recruits assigned to managers who won't have time to oversee the work of heir global 25 staff.
"Legacy CSC colleagues lost confidence in our ability as a team to maintain secure information..." nice way to point the finger toward one of the new acquisitions or merger partner. Enjoy all the extra yearly security briefings.
Why don't these people who violate security protocols get fired???
Another question what isn't Meg in jail who gave US Pentagon Source code for ArcSight information to RUSSIA. I hear nothing happens to her. Isn't this treason??
Well at least DXC will get promoted all over the net now, as this story has made most of the worlds security journals.
As a potential client, would I now risk the security of my data in the hands of these clowns?
ISO 270001 and SoCs II - is that the exposure setting on the new Canon?
You can hardly blame Lawrie for some fool making a schoolboy error in publishing the keys.
Pay peanuts. Get Geordies.
more customers and account will be lost. way to go mikey! by the rate of this, the company will drowned by mid of next year.
mikey's digital transformation and automation hit a snag! it's just interesting to see the whole BS plan blows on his own fcking face. How was it Mikey? Like the taste and smell of your own sht?
what a moron! that's your f*cking automation & digital BS,, Mikey? Hahahahahahaha!