IT-säkerhet enligt HPS

Första halvåret 2011 verkar bli intressant avseende intrång. Senast i raden är Wordpress som har fått ett antal servrar rootade:

Tough note to communicate today: Automattic had a low-level (root) break-in to several of our servers, and potentially anything on those servers could have been revealed.

Notera särskilt kommentarerna till blogginlägget:

• Thanks for the update team. Crap happens, but you’re always keeping us up to date. Much appreciated. Hopefully no one was exposed too badly.
• Thank you for being transparent!
• Thanks for the info. All the best!
• Thanks for all your hard work, guys!
• Thanks for keeping us in the loop.
• Thank you for your prompt and honest post.
• Yikes… Glad you guys are up front about it though. Much appreciated.
• Honesty and transparency are rare. Thank you for being upfront and so quick to let us know!

Vi kanske ska revidera vår gängse uppfattning om att det är dålig PR att råka ut för intrång. Det kanske snarare är hur man hanterar intrånget som avgör allmänhetens dom.

Trevlig helg!

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Stefan Pettersson