Down The Security Rabbithole

In this episode... Friend and security researcher Chris Roberts steps into it...  A poorly-conceived tweet, followed by mass hysteria Most everyone talking about this is missing the point entirely Of course, the EFF jumps in to keep from "chilling research" (roll eyes) http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/04/19/chris-roberts-one-world-labs-united-rsa-computer-security-tweets/26036397/ The EFF take: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/united-airlines-stops-researcher-who-tweeted-about-airplane-network-security Corporate threat intelligence teams opting to go anonymous? New company, making intelligence sharing work, anonymously? Many questions on whether anonymity is workable in the intelligence space https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/united-airlines-stops-researcher-who-tweeted-about-airplane-network-security Target settles with Mastercard for $19M USD Mastercard trying to settle this out, as alternative payout option for victims (this time the issuers, not card holders) http://www.theregister