Payment Processor Breach: a stream of consciousness rant

January 20, 2009

If you haven’t yet heard, take a minute to read the article entitled Payment Processor Breach may Be Largest Ever at the Washington Post.
In brief, Heartland Payment Systems has announced that they have experienced a breach that has potentially led to the acquisition of card data for more than 100 million card accounts.
100 Million
100,000,000
That number [...]

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“The best laid schemes…

January 19, 2009

o’ mice an’ men, gang aft agley.”  Or, in slightly more modern parlance: “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”  Or, perhaps more succinctly, (and slightly less profane than I sometimes feel) “Stuff Happens.”*
What bring about this measure of speculative reflection on ancient Scottish poetry?  Quite simply, hosting woes.  It is [...]

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