Mastercard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years

Re:Mastercard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years by mystified5016 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @05:07PM (#42798038)

Quite simply, fixing security vulnerabilities costs a lot more money than being such a raging dick to researchers that no one ever reports.

No reports means no vulnerabilities and thus no expenditure.

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Re:Mastercard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years by neilv on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @07:43PM (#42799206)

If a short-term-thinking decision-maker has a KPI for low vulnerabilities, they'd rather take the chance of a massive compromise of the company, than to have vulnerabilities reported and definitely hurt their bonus/promotion?

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Re:Mastercard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years by zelphirkalt on Friday January 24, 2025 @06:30AM (#42812164)

Classic management think right there.

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Re:Mastercard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years by rapidaneurism on Thursday January 23, 2025 @09:58AM (#42804663)

Yeah because only ethical hackers ever look for vulnerabilities

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