Cyber Capsule - January 2023
A thesis statement for this month's Cyber Capsule might be "You're Doing It Wrong." Whether it's easily guessable passwords, manipulated URLs, or waiting longer than prudent to report a data breach, most of our items look at the cost of sloppy data management. The manipulated URL blurb may ring a bell for some of our older readers. In its first days, a major online retailer had a similar issue. Customers could add items to their shopping carts, and then "check out" without paying, simply by manipulating the URL. Retailers have since learned their lesson.