#security - November 2018

Uh oh, think solar winds properties were hacked

Wow they are planning a 500m IPO

Okay, maybe not hacked https://mobile.twitter.com/geekmuse/status/1064604275089842177

👆️ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/hacker-backdoors-widely-used-open-source-software-to-steal-bitcoin/

Aye, people giving maintainer quite a lashing

yea, it’s given me pause

we also maintain cloudposse/packages which basically bundles other repos binaries

need something like that for npm

blockchain for packages lol

I don't feel like a web of trust helps prevent the attack; and only marginally affects the ability to cast blame. Malicious code/package changes could happen, but a developer may be only guilty of having their signing key compromised.

security is always just about layers

a developer can also be held at gun point

^^ Sounds like suggesting a key signing party. Weird places 😄

I'm still waiting for the first malicious Ubuntu PPA

Basically if you’ve stayed at Starwood's hotel brands that include W Hotels, Sheraton, Le Méridien and Four Points by Sheraton - your information is pwned

name
address
phone number
email address
passport number
account information
date of birth
gender
arrival and departure information

how they have so many people?

Starwood is one of the largest international hotel chains

read: all guest stay details since ~2014 😃

luckily I can change my passport number quite easily -- thanks to my newfangled e-ink passport 🙂

Whatttt??

Is that for real? E ink passport?

lol

trolled

just imagine: single use passport numbers

🤦

I think this should just teach folks everywhere to rarely share accurate details that are never used with folks that don't need the details.
Typically there are no consequences for providing a wrong birthdate / address / phone / passport#

Oh dear.

1Password should implement an identity generator

So I can have a unique identity for every property

I like that idea

can it also make up unique answers to "security" questions too ?

But let 1p keep track of it so I am not stuck in identity verification hell

Yea

@tamsky an e-ink passport?

Ah, as someone that has worked at the UK passport office that sounded interesting :D

So the sad part is, they store everything, but when you checkin at the hotel you still wait 10 minutes for the clerk to type everything over again and again 🙂

Next hack will be Hertz & Enterprise 🙂

https://www.gemalto.com/govt/travel/security-printing -- apparently counterfeiting is still a thing

Stuff like this makes GDPR is a very needed initiative.. Policy.

I dunno, I feel like fines, or the threat of fines, won't prevent these events

fines don't get anyone's data back

Fines will make companies do more to prevent things like this to happen. Personal data must be spread out, and for warehousing it must be anonimized for example. Also the retention of data is a topic.

I was a customer of Mariott in 2015.. why is my data still there ?

agree with all that

Aye, I know UK PCI mandates data can only be stored for a year, not sure about PII

set the channel topic: 🔒️