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In reply to the discussion: "I found Bannon's tools. Federal authorities have it all now." [View all]herding cats
(19,564 posts)14. He's highly reputable in his field.
NEW YORK -- It's a phone call you hope never comes in: Chris Vickery has found your company's entire set of customer data on the internet.
He sits at his desk, littered with external hard drives storing terabytes of data, in his home office in Santa Rosa, Calif., where he scours the internet for data that shouldn't be accessible -- a phone number, a social security number, or credit card data -- sitting in databases that aren't password-protected for anyone to access
Using search engines for internet-connected devices, like Shodan, and tools that scan common ports where data typically live, Vickery can tick off hundreds of internet addresses and their ports for leaky databases, badly configured backup drives, and other inappropriately stored data.
It's a race to find accidentally exposed data before the bad guys do.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/chris-vickery-data-breach-hunter/
He sits at his desk, littered with external hard drives storing terabytes of data, in his home office in Santa Rosa, Calif., where he scours the internet for data that shouldn't be accessible -- a phone number, a social security number, or credit card data -- sitting in databases that aren't password-protected for anyone to access
Using search engines for internet-connected devices, like Shodan, and tools that scan common ports where data typically live, Vickery can tick off hundreds of internet addresses and their ports for leaky databases, badly configured backup drives, and other inappropriately stored data.
It's a race to find accidentally exposed data before the bad guys do.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/chris-vickery-data-breach-hunter/
These are a few of the things he's been involved in: https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=chris+vickery
Click the link and check out the depth of his work above. He knows what he's doing and he's among the best I know of in his field.
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Thank you for these links. I get Techdirt posts frequently but don't remember these.
ancianita
Mar 2018
#58
Okay, thanks. It is just so odd that Spectrum is involved.....that's DeVos, right?
dameatball
Mar 2018
#36
Agree didn't Cruz campaign manager boast they had the best nice targeting campaign in history?
grantcart
Mar 2018
#24
I posted some links in a different thread sortof showing how it kicked off
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2018
#34
This sounds like good news, especially "forensic evidence of multiple crimes" can be...
PearliePoo2
Mar 2018
#25
I doubt it. CA would be worse off if they left data open for anyone to access
blake2012
Mar 2018
#38
Yes, it is. There's more, but that's what opens more doors for prosecutors.
herding cats
Mar 2018
#49