Booz Allen Downplays Hack
August 14, 2011
Booz Allen Hamilton, a self-proclaimed leader in management and technology consulting services to the US government in defense, intelligence, and civil markets, is evading discussion of the severity of their recent hacking. ComputerWorld gives details in, “Booz Allen CEO Downplays Effect of Anonymous Hack.”
A July cyberattack on Booz Allen Hamilton will not materially harm the company’s bottom line, its CEO said Tuesday. The Anonymous hacking collective stole source code, e-mail addresses and other data from Booz Allen and published it online on July 11. Still, the company does not expect ‘the cost of remediation and other activities directly associated with the attack’ to ‘have a material affect on our financial results,’ said Ralph Shrader, Booz Allen’s Chairman and CEO on a conference call with analysts.
Although Anonymous is posing an increasing threat to corporate and government online records, this attack should not have happened. This company bids out quite a lot of national security work, and the information released was military email addresses and accompanying personal information. Is it a case of the shoemaker’s children not having their own shoes? It’s hard to sell security to the world at large, and not have a tight rein on your own.
Emily Rae Aldridge, August 14, 2011
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