Sony - old software and no firewall

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Who needs Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards when you have Peurile 
Corporate Intransigence - D$%^ed Silly (in)Security?

http://news.consumerreports.org/electronics/2011/05/data-security-expert-sony-
knew-it-was-using-obsolete-software-months-in-advance.html

"According to Spafford, security experts monitoring open Internet forums learned 
months ago that Sony was using outdated versions of the Apache Web server 
software, which "was unpatched and had no firewall installed." The issue was 
"reported in an open forum monitored by Sony employees" two to three months 
prior to the recent security breaches, said Spafford."

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