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> "Your online banking site is much more sophisticated." > A bank would usually use two-factor authentication, where you've not just got a password. Your bank is secure because they keep their network patched and do secure coding, not because they use 2 factor authentication. PSN would get hacked even if they were using 234 factor authentication.
> "Your online banking site is much more sophisticated." > A bank would usually use two-factor authentication, where you've not just got a password. Your bank is secure because they keep their network patched and do secure coding, not because they use 2 factor authentication. PSN would get hacked even if they were using 234 factor authentication.
> even if they were using 234 factor authentication Probably not, but mostly because nobody would be using them then, so there'd be no data to steal :)
Ah well, the same thing all over again. The hacker/cracker distinction is sadly never going to be mitigated, and the press doesn't know/care enough to change the way they report these things. The words hacker and cyber criminal are used interchangeably in this article (and just about any article on this topic). Sad, particularly for those of us who happen to be reading Hacker News .
At least the French, by refusing to use English words, have found a much more interesting phrase for it: pirate informatique
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/medical_general/...
Ah well, the same thing all over again. The hacker/cracker distinction is sadly never going to be mitigated, and the press doesn't know/care enough to change the way they report these things. The words hacker and cyber criminal are used interchangeably in this article (and just about any article on this topic). Sad, particularly for those of us who happen to be reading Hacker News .
Also, to me, crackers are people who break copy protection and other DRM systems.
What we need to do is change our systems so that mere information is not enough to successfully "steal" an identity. I should be able to disclose my name, birthdate, SSN, mother's maiden name, and anything else to anyone without worry that it can be used to steal my identity. Now, I'm not sure how or if that can be done, but it seems to me that the current approach of trying to store the water in a sieve is never going to work.
Ah well, the same thing all over again. The hacker/cracker distinction is sadly never going to be mitigated, and the press doesn't know/care enough to change the way they report these things. The words hacker and cyber criminal are used interchangeably in this article (and just about any article on this topic). Sad, particularly for those of us who happen to be reading Hacker News .