Case Study
ChoicePoint Suffers for Failing to Protect Consumers
In 2005, data broker ChoicePoint paid with its capital, its stock price, and its...+ Read more
LinkedIn was heavily criticized after hackers obtained nearly 6.5 million passwords and posted them on the web. Even though LinkedIn immediately acknowledged the leak and attempted to patch up its security, the company was criticized for its previous lax attitude toward security, including its lack of key security personnel, which resulted in the company being unprepared for a preventable attack.