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[kyser73]

I'm kicking myself for not going the cyber security route when I was younger. Let's concentrate on coding like everyone else, fuck.

Forensic IT analysis is where it's at. A mate of mine works for a company that does it and if sounds fascinating - recovering data from trashed HDDs (they've got this reconstruction thing that can take pieces of an HDD platter & read it), wiped email servers...he taught me a lot about how unless you physically burn stuff to ashes more often than not there's a chance some data can be recoverable.

More importantly he earns bucket loads.

 

[Kelsdesu]

I'm kicking myself for not going the cyber security route when I was younger. Let's concentrate on coding like everyone else, fuck.

How most companies are they dont think they need cyber security until they get fucked over and even still they gonna hire 1 guy to do a job of 3 people.

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Emails relating to the Confederate show will be a fucking must see.

 

[LyleLanley]

Emails relating to the Confederate show will be a fucking must see.

I can't imagine they'll be especially interesting.

 

[hodayathink]

I can't imagine they'll be especially interesting.

People really want to believe that they have the whole first season planned out already as opposed to some world building and a basic outline (if that, I wouldn't be surprised if they haven't committed to anything besides the basic premise).

 

[LordOfLore]

Are there some HBO email leaks out there regarding the series cancellations of Deadwood and Rome? Or how 'bout some rigged fight results from HBO Boxing?

Probably not but there might be emails about the Deadwood reunion.

 

[hateradio]

So they don't know what exactly was taken besides a leaked script?

 

[Dragonbinder]

I find it wierd they're measuring the scope of this attack in terms of data size. A terrabyte isn't some impossibly large cache of data - it's very average. All this seems to mean is that the hackers got a hold of more video content than what came out of Sony.

I get what you're saying but this issue is more that we do not yet know publicly what is contained in the leak. Video content being leaked is nothing compared to financial documents or customer details, as the article states

 

[Flying Toaster]

1.5 terabytes sounds small but think of what it could be.

1.5 terabytes of video/audio = not much
1.5 terabytes of email or internal documentation = the damn farm.

 

[RipperGrim]

Once again it seems to be a simple email delivery that breaches security. You would think basic training on suspicious emails would be common training for a company these days.

 

[nel e nel]

Thank goodness I'm too poor for HBO.

Kinda this. I'm not too poor. I just can't justify paying for it. Good luck with your subscriber data HBOGaf.

This is why I piggyback on a family member's sub.

 

[Kysen]

They downloaded the car and drove it through the server

LOL this got me good.

 

[xrnzaaas]

7 times larger sounds dramatic and clickbaity, but it doesn't have to be that much of audio/video material depending on the state of its compression.

 

[hodayathink]

And lo and behold, there are internal documents included, and they may have (or have had) access to a senior executive's e-mail account. But HBO is saying that they didn't completely compromise the e-mail server, which is good news for them.

 

[KSweeley]

And lo and behold, there are internal documents included, and they may have (or have had) access to a senior executive's e-mail account. But HBO is saying that they didn't completely compromise the e-mail server, which is good news for them.

Oh shit!!!

 

[Fancyarcher]

Doesn't really sound that insane, from my perspective.

Certainly nothing earth shattering seems to have been released anyway, so to say.

 

[firehawk12]

They're just comparing file sizes as opposed to actual data. lol