Passwords - fix or fail
Half the world's business leaders believe their companies will be a victim of a cyber attack, and details of one of the latest incidents illustrates why they're probably right. Gentoo produces a version of the Linux operating system. It lost access to its Github account after attackers took it over. Explaining how this happened, Gentoo says poor password discipline and lack of two factor authentication were responsible. In particular, it appears that an administrator was using a base password with predictable variations. The absence of two factor authentication meant that once it was deduced, there was nothing to stand in the attacker's way. In the US, this is the lesson being applied by the Democratic National Committee following the disastrous breaches it experienced in 2016. Chief Technology Officer, Raffi Krikorian, told Cyberscoop, "if we can do the simple things right, than it will have a disproportionally (sic) positive effect."