A Cybersecurity Firm’s Sharp Rise and Stunning Collapse

by jontaydevon 10/28/2019, 12:21 PMwith 36 comments

by gwernon 10/28/2019, 7:29 PM

> “Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.” — Clay Shirky

https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-shirky-prin/

by wildmusingson 10/28/2019, 1:33 PM

Here is a proper news article for those who can do without a dozen pages of drivel about the CEO's hairdo, flying lessons, and underwear shopping: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/18/fbi_raids_cybersecu...

by baobabKoodaaon 10/28/2019, 3:14 PM

The author seems to confuse peer-to-peer file sharing networks and onion routing. The explanations in the article don't make any sense.

by GhettoMaestroon 10/29/2019, 12:23 AM

What the hell did I just read? Wow.

by cervedon 10/28/2019, 2:25 PM

Ahaha, the fake memoir

by lanevskyon 10/28/2019, 3:46 PM

Cybersecurity is not security? Like Anonymous cryptocurrencies are pseudo-anonymous? https://inechain.com/blog/what-are-anonymous-cryptocurrencie...

by SlowRobotAheadon 10/28/2019, 2:23 PM

I thought it was going to be Crowdstrike. But I suppose that hasn’t happened yet.

Whatever tech, whatever assets, whatever they have, you can do as you will, I would need to have my head in the sand to be doing business with them. Too much smoke not to be at least a little fire. Just my opinion of course!

Edit: One of those times practicality clashes with politics apparently. Can’t say anything bad about the company that failed to protect high profile clients, then used that failure to help start the Trump/Russia fiasco before quietly walking their statements back - because to be aware of that would mean supporting the bad man.