Saturday 25 June 2016

What Your CEO Is Reading: NYC Shut Down; Fight Hacks…With Tape; Doing Unemployment Right

Every week, CIO Journal offers a glimpse into the mind of the CEO, whose view of technology is shaped by stories in management journals, general interest magazines and, of course, in-flight publications.

Tape: Part of every CEO’s cyber arsenal. A photo of Mark Zuckerberg beaming in Facebook Inc.’s open-plan Menlo Park headquarters made news this week when some noticed what appeared to be tape covering the camera and possibly the microphone of a nearby laptop. How funny that the person made rich vacuuming the personal data of millions should be so concerned about his own privacy, the hoi polloi chuckled. Slate’s Will Oremus thinks a little paranoia is a good thing, given that “webcam hacking is a demonstrably real phenomenon.” He continues: “[Zuckerberg] is highly likely to be the subject of various attempted hacks, to the point that it would be rash of him not to take extra security measures. FBI Director James Comey does it, too.” Break out the tape.

The hack that could take down NYC. New York Magazine’s Reeves Wiedeman imagines a scenario where Europe-based black hat hackers, after spending the last decade infiltrating corporate networks, shift from making money to making mayhem: “The hackers would get paid, but they also hoped their attack would dent America’s complacent faith in order and in the technology and political authority For the full article click here 



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