full-disclosure - Re: Sony: No firewall and no patches

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Message-id: <4DC88A37.13552.5DC4D9@nick.virus-l.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 12:43:35 +1200
From: Nick FitzGerald <nick@...us-l.demon.co.uk>
To: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Sony: No firewall and no patches

Thor (Hammer of God) wrote:

> Maybe they should call that "You don't have to patch" genius!  Lol
> 
> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Sony-Networks-Lacked-Firewall-Ran-Obsolete-Software-Testimony-103450/

Or, to paraphrase Sony BMG's (then) Global Digital Business President 
Thomas Hesse*:

   Most people, I think, don't even know what patch management, threat
   assessment or a firewall is, so why should _we_ care about them?

This group of companies clearly has DNA to prevent them from learning. 
Maybe a good reaming by the legal system this time will finally 
penetrate their corporately-ignorant ways?  (And yes, somewhat 
ironically, I am sending this from a Sony laptop...)

* http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4989260 -- the 
quote is from around 1:56 in the audio.

Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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