Sony to name and accuse North Korea for recent Hacks

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

Acevil said:

Lafiel said:

Acevil said:

So who is to blame, the thief or the person who still leaves his belongings easy to access?

I mean ya blame the theif for sure, but really shouldn't some blame fall on the company for not having much better security, or do we just let history constantly repeat itself.

the reality is that there is no secure system

most likely route this happened - somebody opened an infested email attachment sent to their private email at their work pc

ofcourse you can tell your employees not to do that, but that doesn't mean it won't happen

That is fair, but you would think that they would still have backups in place. A week is a long time in this day and age. Given I might just be underestimating the IT capabilities of North Korea, but a part of me thinks, really sony a whole damn week. 

@Dr Henry

Sony as a corporation has been dealing with security issues for awhile. I didn't mean to hint at PSN crisis. A bunch of pieces of Sony has been hacked. 

Again it is not that simple at all. Its not like you can simply update security like you can an antivirus. Not to mention:

a. how many companies are expected to be cyber attacked by North Korea? The answer is none, nobody expects to be hacked.

b. Of those companies, how many are aware of North Korea's cyberware fare capabilities, which is probably just modified chinese hacking code? Again the answer is none.

And it doesn't matter if Sony has been dealing with security issues for a while, its not like this would makes them more resiliant to cyberattacks. It just means they are a target. Because nearly every fortune 500 company has been hacked to degree. So Sony is not a special case here. It literally, could be any person or company being in that headline. 

Cyber Security is a lot like virology. It can handle things its seen before or knowledgable about, but there are new things that the immune system doesn't know how to handle. And the human immune system is much more effective then our best cyber security systems.