Dossier
Colin
Coverage of Colin in the Nexus archive.
- Californians can protect their personal data with one click. Help us test if it works
California residents can now use a new tool called DROP to request data brokers delete their personal information and stop tracking them. Journalists from CalMatters and The Markup are seeking public help to test if brokers comply with these requests.
- Security boss thought MFA would be too much security
A senior director at a cybersecurity company, who was allegedly its COO, overreacted to a multi-factor authentication (MFA) rollout for Microsoft 365, falsely claiming it crippled an invoicing system. The actual issue was a buggy invoicing software, but the director demanded an immediate rollback, resulting in reduced security. The incident highlighted poor decision-making despite the team's successful implementation.