Although I knew it was just a demo, it wasstill unsettling to watch.
At a panel presentation titled “Hacked: The Implications of aCyber Breach,” hosted by Travelers in New York City, KurtOestreicher, digital forensics specialist/cyber fraud, and ChrisHauser, 2nd vice president/cyber risk, both with the carrier'sInvestigative Services division and experts on cyber security,demonstrated for a captive audience how an unwelcome visitor cantake control of—or “own,” in hacker-speak—a fictitious retailer'swebsite.
Their digital infiltration took all of 10 minutes—and that waswith Hauser and Oestreicher explaining to attendees exactly whatthey were doing, each keystroke of the way. Without having toprovide that exposition, the same task could be accomplished inless than four minutes.
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Shawn Moynihan is Editor-in-Chief of National Underwriter Property & Casualty. A St. John’s University alum, Moynihan has earned 11 Jesse H. Neal Awards, the Pulitzers of the business press; seven Azbee Awards, from the American Society of Business Press Editors; two Folio Awards; and a SABEW award, from the Society of American Business Editors & Writers. Prior to joining ALM, he served as Managing Editor/Online Editor of journalism institution Editor & Publisher, the trade bible of the newspaper industry. Moynihan also has held editorial positions with AOL, Metro New York, and Newhouse Newspapers. He can be reached at [email protected].
