Failure to follow procedure or failure to have a
procedure?
India Ashok reports:
Over one million users’ personal and financial data was inadvertently publicly exposed by US-based ride hailing firm Fasten. The leaked data includes names, emails, phone numbers, credit card data, links to photos, device IMEI numbers, GPS data and users’ taxi routes.
The firm also exposed sensitive information of its own drivers, including drivers’ car registration and license plate records as well as detailed individual profiles. According to Kromtech security researchers, who uncovered the breach, the data exposure was caused by an unsecured Apache Hive database.
Read more on IBT.
[From
the article:
"We have already taken steps to update our
security protocols to ensure this does not happen again. In this
instance, old production data was uploaded to the test cluster by
mistake. Going forward, these processes will be managed only by
security engineers with specific expertise in this area," Borgan
added.
Discovery, debate and analysis continues.
… My conclusion: Instagram
is a major distributor and re-distributor of IRA propaganda that’s
at the very least on par with Twitter. In my opinion, the platform
is far more impactful than Twitter for content-based “meme”
engagement — especially for certain minority segments of the
American population.
Most useful math tools.
Integration
– Desmos & WolframAlpha
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