Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agoMassive data dump containing millions of passwords sparks security alert: Is your data safe?www.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkMassive data dump containing millions of passwords sparks security alert: Is your data safe?www.techspot.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up44·6 months agoYeah there’s no question: your data is not safe. There are like 3-4 data breaches every day because no one holds these companies accountable for protecting your data.
minus-squareMoira_Mayhem@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoI have worked IT for 2 Fortune 500 companies and let me tell you NONE of them took data security seriously. Neither has 90% of any of the other sites I’ve worked on. In my experience so few companies bother spending appropriately on it because IT is considered a cost center instead of a needed service.
Yeah there’s no question: your data is not safe. There are like 3-4 data breaches every day because no one holds these companies accountable for protecting your data.
I have worked IT for 2 Fortune 500 companies and let me tell you NONE of them took data security seriously.
Neither has 90% of any of the other sites I’ve worked on.
In my experience so few companies bother spending appropriately on it because IT is considered a cost center instead of a needed service.