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News about successful hacks isn't news at all because no one is doing security right and everyone's been breached

By Roger A. Grimes
DECEMBER 27, 2011

Whenever I read another article about how Company X or University Y or Governmental Organization Z was "recently" hacked -- usually "by the Chinese" -- I can't help but chuckle. Those headlines -- the most recent about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- shouldn't read, "Company X was hacked!" They should read, "Company X has been hacked for years but just now noticed!"

Headlines that, to me, would truly be newsworthy include:

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