{"id":230,"date":"2024-11-28T00:06:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T00:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/weekly-update-425\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T00:06:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T00:06:14","slug":"weekly-update-425","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serisec.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/weekly-update-425\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Update 425"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Weekly Update 425<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.troyhunt.com\/content\/images\/2024\/11\/Splash-Template.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Weekly Update 425\"><\/p>\n<p>This was a much longer than usual update, largely due to the amount of time spent discussing the Earth 2 incident. As I said in the video (many times!), the amount of attention this has garnered from both Earth 2 users and the company itself is incommensurate with the impact of the incident itself. It&#8217;s a nothing-burger. Email addresses and usernames, that&#8217;s it, and of course, their association with the service, which may lead to some very targeted spam or phishing attempts. It&#8217;s still a breach by any reasonable definition of the term, but it should have been succinctly summarised and disclosed to impacted parties with everyone moving on with more important things in life a few moments later. And that&#8217;s exactly what I&#8217;m going to do right now \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 170px; display: inline-block; margin-right: 3px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/troy-hunts-weekly-update-podcast\/id1176454699?ref=troy-hunt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troyhunt.com\/content\/images\/2018\/05\/Listen-on-Apple-Podcasts.svg\" alt=\"Weekly Update 425\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 175px; display: inline-block; margin-right: 3px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL7LAAxaabizMAXnJe0s3xjQ30q12EVmjt&amp;ref=troyhunt.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troyhunt.com\/content\/images\/2024\/09\/Watch-and-Listen-on-YouTube.svg\" alt=\"Weekly Update 425\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 118px; display: inline-block; margin-right: 3px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7jMtKFohdrw6qmz8AkLqit?ref=troy-hunt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troyhunt.com\/content\/images\/2019\/10\/spotify.svg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Weekly Update 425\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 120px; display: inline-block;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/troy-hunt-weekly-update\/playlists\/podcast.rss?ref=troy-hunt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.troyhunt.com\/content\/images\/2018\/07\/Download-via-RSS.svg\" alt=\"Weekly Update 425\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KLfJeUZy0Zo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"references\">References<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/report-uri.com\/?src=troyhunt.com&amp;ref=troyhunt.com\" rel=\"noopener\">Sponsored by:\u00a0Report URI: Guarding you from rogue JavaScript! Don\u2019t get pwned; get real-time alerts &amp; prevent breaches #SecureYourSite<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/earth2io\/status\/1854445855279108259?ref=troyhunt.com\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Speaking of giving a nothing-burger incident more attention than it deserves, the Earth 2 Twitter screed hasn&#8217;t done them any favours<\/a> (something something Streisand effect)<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.troyhunt.com\/data-breach-disclosure-101-how-to-succeed-after-youve-failed\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Data breach disclosure 101: How to succeed after you&#8217;ve failed<\/a> (7 years on, this is still the guidance I give breached orgs)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Troy Hunt<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.troyhunt.com\/weekly-update-425\/\">Go to troyhunt<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly Update 425 This was a much longer than usual update, largely due to the amount of time spent discussing the Earth 2 incident. 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