Seriously, Another One?! Salesloft Got Pwned.

Oh joy. Just what we needed: another goddamn data breach. This time it’s Salesloft, the company that lets sales people automate annoying outreach. Apparently, some miscreant(s) got into their systems back in March and have been quietly slurping up customer data ever since. We’re talking email addresses, names, job titles – the usual crap you give to every marketing tool under the sun.

The worst part? They didn’t even *notice* for six months! Six fucking months! You’d think a company built around communication would be better at noticing when someone is pilfering their data. But no, they were too busy perfecting the art of the cold email to bother with security.

Now they’re scrambling, resetting passwords (like *that* will fix everything), and generally making a mess of things. They’re claiming it was a “sophisticated attack” – yeah, right. Probably just some script kiddie who found an open RDP port. And naturally, they’re blaming it on some external actors. Always is someone else’s fault isn’t it?

The real kicker? This breach highlights how much sensitive data these sales engagement platforms are hoarding. Think about all the information you hand over just to get a demo! It’s a goldmine for phishers and spammers, and now Salesloft is proving that point spectacularly.

So yeah, if you use Salesloft, change your damn password *and* be extra cautious of any emails you receive. Assume everything is trying to screw you over because, frankly, it probably is.

Source: KrebsOnSecurity – The Ongoing Fallout from a Breach at AI Chatbot Maker Salesloft

Speaking of security failures, I once had to rebuild an entire server farm because some intern thought it was a good idea to label the backup tapes with *sticky notes*. Sticky notes! The humidity in that data center ruined everything. Honestly, people are astonishingly incompetent. Don’t even get me started on their password policies…

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