Comments on: Data Extortion http://www.ldscio.org/2009/05/24/data-extortion/ Chief Information Officer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:33:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bob http://www.ldscio.org/2009/05/24/data-extortion/comment-page-1/#comment-2423 Bob Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:30:14 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=186#comment-2423 I'm uncertain if you were aware of this, but they did pay the ransom and the FBI is still "investigating"...meaning the person(s) still have yet to be caught/charged. I’m uncertain if you were aware of this, but they did pay the ransom and the FBI is still “investigating”…meaning the person(s) still have yet to be caught/charged.

]]> By: Joel Dehlin http://www.ldscio.org/2009/05/24/data-extortion/comment-page-1/#comment-2298 Joel Dehlin Mon, 25 May 2009 15:59:46 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=186#comment-2298 Good point, Fu Manchu. Identity and privacy issues are the stickiest. If you're going to put your data online, make sure you've got it approriately protected and backed up. But think twice (or three or four or five times) about whether it needs to be online. Good point, Fu Manchu. Identity and privacy issues are the stickiest. If you’re going to put your data online, make sure you’ve got it approriately protected and backed up. But think twice (or three or four or five times) about whether it needs to be online.

]]> By: fu manchu http://www.ldscio.org/2009/05/24/data-extortion/comment-page-1/#comment-2297 fu manchu Mon, 25 May 2009 15:56:50 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=186#comment-2297 Restoring the data is small beans compared to the probable identity compromise of 8 million people. The whole field of IDS is living proof that we know that firewalls won't stop hackers and our goal is to now detect when they do. My question is, does the benefit of having medical records online outweigh the cost of their eventual compromise? That should have been weighed thorough, and showing that it was placed online, demonstrates that they did not give it enough thought. Restoring the data is small beans compared to the probable identity compromise of 8 million people.

The whole field of IDS is living proof that we know that firewalls won’t stop hackers and our goal is to now detect when they do.

My question is, does the benefit of having medical records online outweigh the cost of their eventual compromise?

That should have been weighed thorough, and showing that it was placed online, demonstrates that they did not give it enough thought.

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