La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for September 26, 2014

OK…and the humor here is what?…

There are a few maddening things about this Home Depot breach. Several of its computer security employees had been warning the company for years about security issues and were ignored, with management telling them “we sell hammers.” And the company’s former security architect is currently serving a four-year prison sentence for techno-sabotage of a former employer and has a history of using technology for revenge. Company management has shown through their actions that they don’t care about their customers’ security, something that anyone planning on shopping there should keep in mind. (Oh, and that cash-only crack? At least one member of Home Depot’s computer security team “warned friends to use cash when shopping at the retailer’s stores.”)

The problem with Home Depot and most companies. Is that tech people are not in positions of power. Most CXXs have no clue what an IP is or a DOS attack is. THIS IS A MAJOR problem in an increasingly digital world. And like agrestic said, they were warned by their subordinates for years and did nothing.

And also a dig that the hard-working day laborers are more trustworthy than the corporate bigwigs. But most of us already knew that.

Great reason to become an IT!

One good thing about having a small community bank: they called and said my debit card was on the list and ordered me a new one. Wonder if BOA did that for all their accounts…