Sunday, October 05, 2014

I found this particular security breach interesting.

October 3, 2014
By Suzanna Kim

...The theft of personal information, (click here) a security expert said, may have more troubling consequences than if credit card numbers had gotten stolen.
That's something to consider after JPMorgan Chase, the country's biggest bank when measured by assets, announced Thursday that names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of customers in 76 million households and 7 million businesses were compromised....

Why would anyone go to the trouble of breaking into Morgan's bank and then not take any money?

It was probably Russia. They were looking for demographic information, but, that type of information feeds many categories. China usually seeks to do permanent damage, but, this was different. What if a competitor actually wanted to solicit consumers to undermine Morgan's market share? What if Morgan represented a political class or subclass of people. There are many whom may have sought information from Morgan, but, all would be damaging to the USA economy and/or fiscal stability.
5 October 2014 
Last updated at 05:38 BST
As Ukraine prepares for parliamentary elections (click here) at the end of the month, a series of so-called "trash bucket challenges" are spreading across the country.
Activists, many from the far right, are throwing politicians whom they say are corrupt into rubbish bins.
Some of them have been brutal, and one official was also severely beaten. Critics have called the actions mob justice, and ask what this means for the rule of law in Ukraine in the future.
David Stern reports from Kiev.
I think Kiev has a unique passion for cleaning up government. I would imagine there are plenty of Russian Speaking People throwing money into the political campaigns in Ukraine. This is a good way of pointing to the problem and making an impression on voters. I like the tomato brigade. They should through the tomatoes directly at the lousy jerks.