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		pavel_lishin on Oct 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You’re infected—if you want to see your data again... While you're technically right - we are responsible for our security, and we should lock down our networks just like we lock our front doors - this is basically blaming the victim.

mariuolo on Oct 17, 2013 [–]

In a nice neighbourhood one could probably leave the door unlocked, but unfortunately internet is more like Gangland than Wonderland.

This said, I'm not blaming home users, but IT folks who failed to secure corporate data and should have known better.

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