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I get the frustration and anger those working at organisations that have been breached feel, and I've seen it firsthand in my communications with them on so many prior occasions. They're the victim of a criminal act and they're rightly outraged. However... thinking back to similar examples to The Heritage Foundation situation this week, I can't think of a single case where losing your mind and becoming abusive has ever worked out well. In fact, it usually just has the effect of losing the victim sympathy whilst an engrossed audience watches a slow-motion trainwreck get worse and worse. That it came from a spokesperson at an organisation that prides itself on religious righteousness makes the whole situation all the more perplexing. Perplexing, but admittedly, entertaining to watch.

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2. The RockYou2024 password list has nothing to do with RockYou and everything to do with overloaded and hyperbolic headlines (that's a link to my thread this week which largely relies on my thread from 3 years earlier that explained why the last one was rubbish)
3. The "Twitter Breach" smelled bad right from the outset (getting PR spam from Cyber Press was the giveaway)
4. I left Cyber Press a clarifying comment that's currently pending moderation, let's see if they let it through 🙂 (don't hold your breath!)
5. The Neiman Marcus breach went into HIBP (but it's not tens of thousands of email addresses, it's tens of millions)
6. The conversation between SeigedSec and an Executive Director at The Heritage Foundation was just... 😲 (why anyone not hiding behind the veil of anonymity would put that in writing is beyond me)
7. Watching Jackie Singh pour fuel on the dumpster fire that was that exchange only added to the drama (she was clearly baiting Mike, and it worked)