Weak passwords, unlocked devices and disabled security software can make your data vulnerable. But leaving a laptop in a car where opportunistic thieves (or serious criminals) can access it will make security pros pull their hair out. In related news, it seems a Secret Service agent will be staying back after work for some extra security training this week…
As reported by CBS, a secret service laptop was recently stolen from a backpack left in a car. Amongst the items on the computer were files about Pope Francis, information on Hilary Clinton, data pertaining to the Trump Tower and a few other handy nuggets.
Although the device is supposedly secured with hard disk encryption and other “mulitple layers of security” according to a Secret Service spokesperson, every security expert I’ve ever interviewed and spoken to says once a threat actor has physical access to a device all bets are off.
This might be a good time to remind your staff to not leave their laptop, tablet or smartphone in the car.
Laptop with Trump, Clinton information stolen from Secret Service [CBS News]
Comments
One response to “Security Scorecard: Tech 0, Stupid 1”
The US Secret services has lost over 1000 computers since 2001.
http://gizmodo.com/the-secret-service-has-lost-1-024-computers-since-2001-1789139191
as soon as they reported it missing, they would have remotely killed the computer but that will need an internet connection for it to happen