Morgan Stanley hit by same attackers that breached Google Morgan Stanley was hit by a “very sensitive” breach to its network by the same attackers who penetrated computer systems maintained by Google and dozens of other companies, according to leaked emails reviewed by Bloomberg News. The emails came from California-based HBGary, which suffered a major compromise of its own at the …
This is just another hit on the reputation of HBgary and the gullibility of IT managers of HBgary's reputed infallibility. Sounds like that technique that many of us experience - run this free anti-viru test then they try to sell you a program.
Perhaps the SEC should check up on trading emanating from China and HongKong to see if there were unusual trades following these intrusions.
...that part of the HBGary hack was performed thanks to an unpatched escalation privilege hole on a Linux box.
I am very much NOT platform-agnostic, I am even a rabid *NIX fanboy, but I can recognise a stone in my garden when I see one. That's a prerequisite when you want to avoid history repetition...
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