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There are so many red flags here, it's not even funny anymore.

* a third party has barely restricted, deep access to all customer data

* the "SuperUser" app can apparently have logged in users idling around in a VM, waiting for someone to come along and use it without any automatic logout and re-authentication

* a single account accessing 300+ customers in a few days doesn't trigger any alerts

* they detect a compromise, and do absolutely nothing about it for months, except letting the third party order a security audit; they patiently wait for a report; they don't even audit the access logs

* only a screenshot posted online triggers an audit of access logs and a public response

* they still try to blame the third party and the security firm for their own (basically outrageous) inactivity

All of this by a company entrusted with the most critical gatekeeping functionality of systems, used by many large enterprises and expected to have top notch security.

parent the_duke 4 years ago

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