Security Is Amazingly Good

Well, what if your infrastructure gets breached and everyone’s password is published in plaintext to the whole wide world? What if this doesn't happen because our security is amazingly good? ^Käthe

A fictional Twitter exchange shows someone raising the nightmare scenario of a data breach and publicly exposed plaintext passwords. The company replies with overconfidence that its security is amazingly good, followed by the deadpan signature “^Käthe,” making the joke about corporate hubris in information security. It is shared as a reaction to unrealistic confidence about cybersecurity. EN: A fictional Twitter exchange shows someone raising the nightmare scenario of a data breach and publicly exposed plaintext passwords. The company replies with overconfidence that its security is amazingly good, followed by the deadpan signature “^Käthe,” making the joke about corporate hubris in information security. It is shared as a reaction to unrealistic confidence about cybersecurity.

• @infosecmemes / 42 2018-04-07