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That sounds dangerously close to victim blaming. Obviously if Co-op were negligent in their handling of member data they're also guilty of something. But even
by sillystu04 1y ago
That sounds dangerously close to victim blaming.
Obviously if Co-op were negligent in their handling of member data they're also guilty of something. But even the best organisations have some level of exposure to phishing related attacks.
- chrisjj 1y agoPhishing? Says who? Not the target. https://www.coop.co.uk/cyber-incident-faqs https://www.coop.co.uk/cyber-incident-faqs
- happymellon 1y agoThat says absolutely nothing.
- chrisjj 1y agoAnd not phishing.
- happymellon 1y agoAnd not lack of security.
- chrisjj 1y agoThat's bullet #1. ____ We recently experienced a cyber incident where malicious third parties attempted to access our systems. As part of this, data was extracted from one of our systems.
- happymellon 1y agoWhich could be due to phishing and not a lack of security.
- bendigedig 1y agoI am not sure victim blaming is really an issue given this applies to the hyper-rational world of corporations. One of the problems with victim blaming is that it typically ignores power dynamics at play and blames the powerless. I think the coop has the resources to be able to stand on its own two feet and take appropriate security measures.
- chrisjj 1y agoI'll stick with culprit blaming. Note the purported response is "put in place enhanced security measures to minimise disruption and protect" ... which were evidently lacking at the time.