The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139695 Message #3207364
Posted By: Artful Codger
13-Aug-11 - 02:16 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Paypal hacked
Subject: RE: Tech: Paypal hacked
The security gaps are especially prevalent now that corporations have taken to pushing out relatively untested software—and updates. Effectively, they're now using the user base for beta-testing because actually testing the software rigorously in-house would introduce delivery delays and cost money that could better be spent on executives' vacation homes and Dom Perignon.