LIVE EXPERIMENT DEMONSTRATES DISREGARD FOR BANK SECURITY POLICY
An experiment carried out within London’s financial district has demonstrated what security experts have been saying for years: employees – even those working with ultra-sensitive financial data – are unaware of or are far too loose with basic security practices. In the experiment, Flash Drives were handed out to commuters as they entered the city. Recipients were told the disks contained a special Valentine’s Day promotion. In reality, though, the Flash Drive contained nothing more than code that informed the company performing the experiment how many of the recipients had tried to use the Flash Drive. Among those who were duped were employees of a major retail bank and two global insurers. Clear warning Making these results even more ridiculous, the Flash
