The geniuses at DNC realized their emails were hacked, then EMAILED new passwords to everyone

[LukeLovesSecurity]

Not only can they prevent a year old malware, but they emailed out their new passwords on the very account that was already compromised.

 

[ispx]

they emailed out their new passwords on the very account that was already compromised

i can see now why you called them geniuses

 

[jogs]

I 'm not a genius

 

[Behold Eck]

Wow, I just wonder at what point did they realise the complete dumbness of their actions.

Regards Eck

 

[L S]

I think "they" still don't know what they did .......

 

[mlnevese]

Wow, I just wonder at what point did they realise the complete dumbness of their actions.

Regards Eck

What makes you so sure they realized it?

 

[motox781]

They should of used Kaspersky

 

[Deleted member 65228]

They should of used Kaspersky

I don't think it would have helped them much. If someone is capable of e-mailing new passwords from the account which had become compromised (as long as the account information had not been re-updated such as the password and security questions, and/or that the breach was due to an still-existent malware infection) then who knows what they are capable of! Maybe even capable of allowing detected malware classed as "Trojan.BankingMalwareDoNotAllow" to be allowed.

I really hope normal every-day people start getting involved more on how to stay safe online, and that a law comes through for most countries which makes it mandatory for all company employees to be given a course (even a short one would be beneficial) on cyber-security for their own sake but also a companies.

You cannot help someone who does not want to be helped, and security software goes well with common sense. Without that common sense factor, nothing will protect the user. It is a cold world, but if people really want to be safe they need to start becoming educated...

 

[motox781]

I don't think it would have helped them much. If someone is capable of e-mailing new passwords from the account which had become compromised (as long as the account information had not been re-updated such as the password and security questions, and/or that the breach was due to an still-existent malware infection) then who knows what they are capable of! Maybe even capable of allowing detected malware classed as "Trojan.BankingMalwareDoNotAllow" to be allowed.

I really hope normal every-day people start getting involved more on how to stay safe online, and that a law comes through for most countries which makes it mandatory for all company employees to be given a course (even a short one would be beneficial) on cyber-security for their own sake but also a companies.

You cannot help someone who does not want to be helped, and security software goes well with common sense. Without that common sense factor, nothing will protect the user. It is a cold world, but if people really want to be safe they need to start becoming educated...

I know, it was just a joke since Democrats and Republicans are bashing Kaspersky.

 

[LukeLovesSecurity]

They should of used Kaspersky

Yeah, but with users as dumb as people at the DNC, I think they will somehow manage to f*ck it up even with kaspersky on trusted applications mode.

 

[gorblimey]

law comes through for most countries which makes it mandatory for all company employees to be given a course

Like my daytime employer. He has a server so we plebeians can use his iPads to monitor our jobs onsite... It fails all known security tests, to the point where only IE can be used to access all facilities without crashing on home computers. Apparently Secure Comms with TLS are too expensive?