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Let’s clarify this title a little. White hat hacker found a way to see the poorly secured database containing said info. It hasn’t been stolen or found on the web, so it wasn’t “leaked” publicly in the sense that it was deliberately made available.
They're downplaying their responsibility and the problem while taking a negative tone about the white hat (bold added):
https://www.cuinsight.com/press-release/cu-solutions-group-issues-statement-on-recent-crm-vulnerability/
And of course, the obligatory 'we have an excellent security team, everyone faces threats, you can't blame us':
Basically the standard "we take security seriously":
https://www.troyhunt.com/we-take-security-seriously-otherwise/
As a non-participating visitor of security forums (which bleed into malicious hackers), I am looking forward to the popcorn.
Right now, my job post bug bounties and hackers pen test and find vulnerabilities. And there's a LOT of money flowing around in that space - my company alone has paid out over 7-figures collectively. A company's reputation to honoring the agreement is also sacred. Because if we fail to pay or reject that this is a real vulnerability, our rep tanks and the next time there's a vulnerability, it won't be reported, but abused.
CUSG just signalled that they are pieces of shit to the hacker community. And I'm gonna bet they are going to get some serious shit now.
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