Hackers have broken into and stolen information from RSA’s systems, a move that may have seriously reduced the security firm’s street cred. RSA is the sponsor of a major security conference bearing its name. The gathering attracts the creme de la creme of the IT industry as well as government bigwigs such as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn III and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff. The company has been promoting its two-factor authentication feature, SecurID, as a secure solution.
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RSA Break-In Leaves SecurID Users Sweating Bullets
Posted by: Richard Adhikari March 18, 2011 12:20 PMHackers have broken into and stolen information from RSA’s systems, a move that may have seriously reduced the security firm’s street cred. RSA is the sponsor of a major security conference bearing its name. The gathering attracts the creme de la creme of the IT industry as well as government bigwigs such as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn III and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff. The company has been promoting its two-factor authentication feature, SecurID, as a secure solution.