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Re:LastPass says DevOps engineer’s hacked computer led to se... by eru on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @04:09AM (#34967243)
Banks are a lot less secure than eg Google. And Google has fewer government mandates on them than banks do.

(I worked both in banks and at Google.)

However you are right that Google thinks they would lose a lot from being less secure.

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Re:LastPass says DevOps engineer’s hacked computer led to se... by CrLf on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @06:03AM (#34967990)
Sometimes organizations that look less secure are actually more secure just because they degrade gracefully under attack and/or can more easily mitigate/revert the consequences of successful attacks.
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Re:LastPass says DevOps engineer’s hacked computer led to se... by drowsspa on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @07:24AM (#34968497)
Banks' true security is rooted in the real world.
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Re:LastPass says DevOps engineer’s hacked computer led to se... by switch007 on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @11:17AM (#34970988)
Indeed, and they are happy to close branches left right and centre in the UK. My village just lost its last bank.
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Re:LastPass says DevOps engineer’s hacked computer led to se... by eru on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @08:59PM (#34977792)
Depends on what you are talking about.

Stealing cash from the vault: sure, that's 'real world' security.

Protecting their customers' data: nope, that's all digital.

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