Twitter hacked. Expect more companies to follow

http://allthingsd.com/20130202/twitter-got-hacked-expect-more-companies-to-follow/ / week tech headlines cybersecurity end-of-days scenario New York Times hacked hack hacker hacking The Wall Street Journal The Washington Post  Twitter world’s world largest Internet communication services Who’s next you may be thinking admit it next stops just short of directly naming other companies not the work of amateurs do not believe it was an isolated incident Director of Information Security Bob Lord company blog post attackers were extremely sophisticated believe companies and organizations have also been recently similarly attacked shouldn’t be surprising to anyone members of the security community Companies large and small all over the world face cyberattacks all the time potentially connected  Journal News Corp All Things Digital and Post.  many attacks occur in isolation or at random, from groups or collectives, different nations Iran, Syria Russia solo hackers high value targets such prominent Web companies hold massive troves  interesting data making them obvious and constant targets outsider attackthe public rarely hear about it week-long week long spree of hacking disclosures kicked off by the Times herd mentality disclosure independent security researcher Ashkan Soltani other companies disclose their breaches makes it easier press and public eye announcements last week disclosure ongoing investigation law monitor hackers infiltrated their systems in the past tipping the hackers off by coming out may jeopardize existing surveillance even scarier Perhaps these companies aren’t aware they’ve been hacked in the first place It’s not a matter of whether or not you’ve been compromised. It’s whether you have the expertise to tell /