Unauthorized access to data can be a deliberate inside attack or an employee accident, but it’s always a problem that opens you up to a cascade of potential headaches.
Unauthorized access to data can be a deliberate inside attack or an employee accident, but it’s always a problem that opens you up to a cascade of potential headaches.
Corporate secrets are a huge market, and attacks like this are on the rise with the growth of “as a service” cybercrime. Extra protection must be provided for proprietary data, especially when a company handles sensitive information.
An unlocked database like this is a treasure trove for cybercriminals – and a rookie mistake by a tech company. It’s a ding on Razer’s reputation.
When you’re running a hosting platform, especially one that empowers financial transactions, clients expect you to have cybersecurity under control, and will be less likely to do business with a company that fails at that basic requirement.
Once again, a professional services provider fails to protect customer information by failing to resist a phishing attack – and this time they’re in the information business. That could put future clients off.