Microsoft, Qualcomm Invest in Israel’s Team8 Cyber-Effort
timesofisrael.com
timesofisrael.com
Target and Home Depot were hacked because they disregarded recommendations to upgrade their point of sale (POS) software from Windows XP Embedded to Windows 7 embedded or later versions. The hack used would not work on Windows 7 or later, but did work on Windows XP embedded.
A large 3 part article on the Sony hack showed they simply were not interested in spending the necessary money for software and security consulting. [1]
Democratic National Committee, Clinton Campaign, Colin Powell, were hacked by phishing, and/or not installing necessary security software.
Shareholders, at the very minimum, should insist on computer security audits the way they insist of financial audits. That would go a long way towards solving the problem.