Re: Citibank hacked by URL fuzzing?

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

What I don't get, is how come anyone reads this "news", when we all know 
how much effort is put into it.

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, security curmudgeon wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Drsolly wrote:
>
> : Here's how it works.
> : 
> : Journo: "Are you a security expert?" Village idiot: "Yes"
> : 
> : Thus, the village idiot is now a securoty expert.
>
> What Drsolly said.
>
> Then it gets worse.. when said village idiot does this three times, s/he 
> then begins to tell journalists "i've spoken on CNN, MSNBC, Fox, The Onion 
> .." and they sound even more impressive.
>
> I still don't get why a journalist who does not vet a source, believes 
> that other outlets will vet their sources.
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