Amazon Downplays Cloud Breach Threat

  • 12 October 2015
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Researchers Demonstrate Amazon Web Services Attack in Lab Setting
 
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Mathew J. Schwartz   October 12, 2015
 
As security professionals weigh the pros and cons of cloud-based services, researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute claim they've spotted a potential data breach issue involving Amazon Web Services - and by extension other cloud services, both public and private.
 
But Amazon tells Information Security Media Group that while the research is useful, "AWS customers using current software and following security best practices are not impacted by this situation."
 
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Amazon is not dumb by any of the imagination, their playing is smart as to not panic their clientele.

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