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00:00DATA SCIENTIST FOR THE NSA. IS NOT THE KIND OF HACKING NORMALLY HEAR ABOUT, BUT WE CAN IMAGINE THAT PRETTY MUCH ANY CITY ANYWHERE WOULD BE JUST AS VULNERABLE. WHAT IS THE HAPPENED HERE? > > WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THERE FIGHTING FOR HAVE NOT TAKEN THE NECESSARY STEPS TO BE PREPARED FOR THESE TYPES OF CYBER INCIDENTS, AND THEY ' RE HAVING CRITICAL SERVICES TAKEN OFF-LINE.THEY ARE JEOPARDIZING THE DATA OF CITIZENS AND EMPLOYEES. THEY ARE NOT KNOWING HOW TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY. EMILY: HOW CAN THEY HAVE PROTECTED THEMSELVES? IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN HOW THE COMPANY WOULD PROTECT ITSELF? OREN: FUNDAMENTALLY, IT IS NOT MARRIED DIFFERENT PRINTER IS AGREEMENT FOR MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ACTION AND TO BE PREPARED. WE FIND INCREASINGLY THAT IN OVER 95% OF THE TIME WHEN AN ORGANIZATION SUFFERS THIS TYPE OF EVENT, THERE IS SOME SORT OF PHI PHISHING ATTACK THAT WOULD BE PART OF IT. ORGANIZATIONS OF VARIOUS SIZES AND INDUSTRIES AND LEVELS ARE. JUST NOT TAKING THE STEPS NECESSARY THE TECHNOLOGY.THEY ' RE RELYING ON ARE NOT OFFERING THE TYPES OF ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE EFFECTIVE. EMILY: IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR ABOUT ATLANTA? THAT MADE A MORE ATTRACTIVE TARGET BY AND THEY SAID? --WHY ATLANTA? OREN: ECONOMICS OF BEING A BAD GUY ON THE INTERNET IS A GOOD BUSINESS. YOU CAN WAKE UP AND SUNNY BUILDING HOLD AN ENTIRE TOWN HOSTAGE FOR $50,000. THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT WE ' RE THING HAPPENED TO HIM IN HIS ABILITY, THEY ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY VERY FROM LARGE ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. IT DOES DRIVE THE NEEDLE A LOT OF US AS INDIVIDUALS AND THE IMPACT WE ' RE HAVING. EMILY: LET ' S MOVE ON TO FACEBOOK. IN ADDITION TO KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS DATA SCANDAL THAT HAVE IMPACTED AS MANY AS 87 MILLION FACEBOOK USERS, FACEBOOK AT THE SAME TIME SAID ALL OF ITS 2 BILLION PLUS USERS COULD HAVE HAD THEIR PUBLIC PROFILES SCRAPED. OF COURSE, IT IS A PUBLIC PROFILE, SO IT IS OUT THERE, BUT THEY COULD HAVE SYSTEMATICALLY BEEN TAKEN FROM THE SOCIAL NETWORK. WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT REVELATION? OREN: I THINK IT IS REALLY VERY TROUBLING TO LEARN ABOUT THIS. I THINK WHEN YOU USE THE TURN PUBLIC PROFILE, I AM NOT SURE THE USERS OF FACEBOOK FELT THE INFORMATION THEY WERE MAKING PUBLIC PERHAPS TO THEIR FRIENDS OR WITHIN THE PLATFORM WAS GOING TO BE USED IN THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT IT HAS BEEN USED. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT THE GENIE BACK IN THE BOTTLE THIS COMES DOWN TO CHECKOUT ABILITY. WHAT IS A RESPONSE ABILITY OF THE FIRMS IN PROTECTING OUR DATA? ARE PEOPLE REALLY TAKING THE ACTIONS AND PUTTING THEMSELVES FORWARD TO PREVENT DAMAGE? WHAT IS TROUBLING ABOUT LOSING THE SENSE OF INFORMATION THROUGH A SOCIAL NETWORK IS THAT IT IS OFTEN THE LAUNCHING POINT FOR MORE ATTACKS. NOT JUST THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOSS OF PRIVACY, BUT IT CAN BE USED TO CREATE LURES AND PH ISHING CAMPAIGNS THAT GO AFTER THE BUSINESSES WE ARE PART OF AND IT IS TROUBLING WHEN ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT BEING FORWARD WITH PROTECTING OUR INFORMATION. EMILY: YOU ARE SAYING ANY PARTICULAR FACEBOOK USER RIGHT NOW IS MORE VULNERABLE TO OTHER KINDS OF ATTACKS BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE HAD THEIR PUBLIC PROFILE SCRIPT FROM FACEBOOK -- SCRAPED FROM FACEBOOK?EXPLAIN WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME, AN AVERAGE FACEBOOK USER, WITH A PRIVATE PROFILE ON FACEBOOK, SOME OF WHICH IS PUBLIC FACING. OREN: WHAT I AM SAYING IS ANYTIME WE LOSE SOME INSIGHT OR SOME CRITICAL PIECE OF AUTHENTICITY OF OURSELVES, IT CAN BE USED BY OTHERS IN MORE NEFARIOUS WAYS THAT ARE SEEMINGLY KNOWS WHAT THAT THE OFFSET. WHAT IS CHALLENGING FOR TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TODAY IS THAT POSTURE HAS BEEN OVER THIS THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. TRUST US, WE ' RE IDEALISTIC,, WE HAVE IMPORTANT MISSIONS OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, BUT WEE FIND TIME AND TIME AGAIN THEY HAVE NOT CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS MODELS AND WHAT MIGHT BECOME OF THE INFORMATION WHEN IT GOES OUT TO THE WILD. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO REEL THAT BACK IN IT WILL BE DEALING FOR THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE NEAR FUTURE FOR SOME TIME. EMILY: SECURITY CEO AND COFOUNDER. EX-NSA CHIEF DATA SCIENTIST.

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