Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire employees with 2nd jobs

Re:Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire e... by jslaD on Friday October 14, 2022 @05:07AM (#33201263)

If Equifax leaked personal data it was because of bad security practices… the ones that are implemented by distracted workers.

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Re:Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire e... by ttymck on Friday October 14, 2022 @05:09AM (#33201271)

Specified, delegated and approved by distracted executives?

Criminally negligent executives, in my personal opinion.

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Re:Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire e... by jslaD on Friday October 14, 2022 @05:20AM (#33201336)

I don’t see how any of this was the executives fault. They have no idea of computer security and hired people who they thought were competent to handle it.

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Re:Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire e... by hobs on Friday October 14, 2022 @06:30AM (#33201716)

No, they didn't. The executive in charge had no freaking idea what was going on, at all. As noted earlier in the threads, it was a music major with no experience, they hired a fall guy/gal - please dont say stuff you have no idea about.

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Re:Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire e... by lupire on Friday October 14, 2022 @07:09AM (#33201953)

What do you think an exec's job is? Watch TV and hope for the best?

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Re:Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire e... by xani_ on Friday October 14, 2022 @07:17AM (#33202023)

Nope, the people that were 2 levels under execs hired them

Execs hired incompetent (or maybe just "profit oriented") management and that incompetence trickled down to the bottom.

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Re:Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire e... by raydiatian on Friday October 14, 2022 @08:07AM (#33202426)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_security_officer

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