Geek. Welsh. Digital technology specialist. Director of @CedyrnLtd. Former co-founder of @gdsteam.
Jan 11, 2018 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
The @iconews issued Carphone Warehouse with a £400,000 fine yesterday for a ‘cyberattack’ which compromised the personal data of around 3.4million people. The report should be read by everyone involved in running IT systems. ico.org.uk/action-weve-ta…
The servers were compromised through a 6 year old Wordpress installation that hadn’t been updated and patched. The attacker uploaded malicious plugins which allowed file and database access.