ADT says customer data stolen in cyber intrusion

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gnabgib•about 4 hours ago

Again sigh

2024 Home security giant ADT says it was hacked (34 points, 14 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41193157

2021 Home Security Tech Hacked into Cameras to Watch People Undressing and Having Sex (32 points, 6 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25876366

2015 How to Hack an ADT Alarm System (78 points, 68 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8947172

jwsteigerwalt•about 2 hours ago

It’s an overstatement to call the 2021 incident a “hack”.

readthenotes1•about 1 hour ago

If we want to use the word hack as a general term to describe the exploitation of notoriously weak security, then it's appropriate...

SilverElfin•about 4 hours ago

There’s no real consequence for security breaches. No fine. No reimbursement to the victims. No jail time for the CEO and board.

ranger_danger•about 1 hour ago

Are there real consequences in any country?

smcin•35 minutes ago

Yes. The 2018-9 breach and cyberextortion involving Finland's mental-health startup Vastaamo.

- CEO Ville Tapio was convicted criminally under the GDPR.

- The company failed in 2021.

- Finland's NBI tightened criminal code on privacy violations of data subjects, either intentionally or through gross negligence, if they cause damage or significant inconvenience to the data subject.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40210873

ADT says customer data stolen in cyber intrusion

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