Alternately, yet another right wing "alternative" site had poor security practices and got exploited. They had S3 buckets full of customer data sitting open for some time, and they stayed accessible days after it was widely known.
You are implying if your site or company has poor security practices its okay for hackers to steal data?
Can't wait for someone else to say, 'Security is so hard' but also cheer on hackers that breach sites they don't like.
> Can't wait for someone else to say, 'Security is so hard' but also cheer on hackers that breach sites they don't like.
The top comment of the GoDaddy post you linked literally says "This could have been an easily avoidable data breach."
We've repeatedly watched as "the mainstream restricts us so we'll do our own thing" sites are built with absolutely rudimentary security faults. They're rushed, have a very eager and non-discretionary userbase that is chomping at the bit. They usually have compromised motivations.
And then they fall. It has become sadly predictable.
Except that this isn't 'whataboutism' since I already agreed with what you said, that GiveSendGo definitely had poor security whilst also not supporting or justifying with hacktivists, criminals or script-kiddies attacking anyone's site.
> Nor did I "cheer on" anything:
Never directly accused you for cheering: I'm only predicting the obvious.
If one is supporting hackers breaching other peoples websites they don't like, whilst defending another with that phrase which applies to everyone as an excuse for it, then you would fall under that category.
> And then they fall. It has become sadly predictable.
Yes, it's very predictable. Unfortunately it can happen to anyone. Whether if you are big like GoDaddy or small like GiveSendGo. These hackers are not on anyone's side.