[QUOTE=SockDog;338278]@Zenstar Fair point, yet some of these “banks” put the money in stacks behind the counter rather than in a safe. There is a reasonable level of expectation there for my money or data to be secured from some drunk with a cucumber in a carrier bag, if Ocean’s Eleven rob the bank then I’ll give you a pass. 
As for the cost of better security, in a virtual sense does it really cost substantially more to ensure you’re encrypting passwords and minimising exposed data or is it just a matter of making the effort? Also, isn’t that cost really implied when running a website or service? Would you open a bank and not buy a safe until you were robbed?
The sad thing is this seems borne more of ignorance than any sort of penny pinching as they’re frequently seen to also shoot themselves in the face. Again, LulzSec might not directly be doing us a favour but they’re certainly making these people take notice of how poor a job they’re doing.[/QUOTE]
I agree that a certain level of security should be the baseline and that the companies not protecting data well are partly to blame. The cost of security is not negligible when done correctly though. Simply hiring someone who knows best practices and has the required knowledge is expensive. Although, in the grand scheme of things, it’ll probably save you money in the long run.
I also agree with the “generally it’s ignorance and not lack of trying” sentiment.
And I really wish LulzSec wouldn’t release things like emails. At least they didn’t release passwords and other user data, at least: not publically. Who knows what they do with it behind the scenes. It only takes one malicious person with access to the data to sell it on to less erm… “moral” (i guess) hackers.
It would be far more “robin hood” if they released just enough info to show that they got in without actually releasing email addresses. As soon as personal info starts leaking you look less like someone being helpful and more like someone who’s a bit of an ass and just claiming to be helpful to attribute some morality to your actions.
I wonder how many people hackers scare off communities. I wonder how many Brink players are going to leave the forums because of this. It just seems more damaging than helpful to me. I’d rather they formed a security testing company and kept all this proffessional.
