The Blockchain Alleviates Growing Database Security Concerns
Osterman Research recently completed what it calls a “first-of-its-kind” database security industry report. According to the study, just 19 percent of organizations enjoy “excellent” visibility into data and database assets. As Osterman states, “this level of visibility is necessary to rapidly identify a data breach.” 47 percent of those surveyed do not have a team or individual to monitor their database security. Called “Identifying Critical Gaps in Database Security,” research for the report was conducted from February until April to figure out how well organizations were prepared to....
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The database of BitcoinTalk.org, a popular Bitcoin forum founded and moderated by the Reddit Bitcoin moderator Theymos, is being sold on the dark web. In May 2015, BitcoinTalk announced that its server was compromised due to social engineering against ISP NFOrce, a type of confidence trick utilized to gather information, fraud, or a system breach. The database compromised from the 2015 security breach was stolen by the dark web vendor “DoubleFlag,” the same identity initiating the sale of the recently compromised database of Dropbox. The BitcoinTalk.org database being sold on the dark web....