Kelly Conger

I realize that many companies have bounty programs, but I always wonder if there has ever been a case where the hacker decided not to report what they found. Some of the people that are hacking them aren’t exactly the most ethical people, so I would not be shocked if this has happened.

Yes, that is true. In this day and age, there are just too much data out there. Organizations who intend to use data will need to be able to weed out the important information from all the noise and draw reasonable conclusion from the information they gather. They should also not mistake correlation and causation and draw false conclusions.

What I find amazing about this is that even though we all know that not creating strong passwords is a huge risk, everyone continues to use weak practices. People seem to use the same email and password for everything, including their bank and social media accounts. Once someone gets the email/ password combination, they can easily try it out at various websites to see what accounts they can get into.

What is scary is that someone who works at a bank, government entity or some top secret position may be using the same password practices that are being described in this article. People may just be asking for trouble by doing this.

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