Ricardo Shares Data With Everyone Now

Here we go again, with Swiss e-commerce platform Ricardo graciously leaking names, postal addresses, and phone numbers for nearly 890,000 users. Management waited until abnormal server activity flashed on October 7 before frantically patching the underlying software vulnerability. Safeguarding ourselves from this variety of unforced blunder requires patching glaring software flaws long before our servers scream in agony. But naturally, that would ruin our proud tradition of bolting the stable door post-stampede.