Five million people exposed in Scottrade brokerage hack

"Why did the Feds take 2 years to notice? Did some of them get penny stock spam and found it wasn't legit?"

To be fair to the Feds, there would probably need to be an awful lot of dots to join. In effect they have noticed and solved (?) a crime that wasn't reported and the victim was unaware it even happened. They do, after all, have rather a lot of data to sift through - some of it given willingly.

It would be nice to read about the UK's *ahem* Cyber Crime Unit managing a similar feat sometime. Perhaps they do it routinely but telling the taxpayers about it might be nice.

On security systems, document, document, document. Also make damned sure there's a backup copy of all your emails under your control. Preferably several. It's pretty standard that you won't get the resources needed for the job and that later on management is going to point the finger at security. It's best to be prepared. Sad, ain't it.

[Mine's the one with a stick in each pocket.]

Oh well played sir! Well played!

POTD