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CEO arranged his own cybersecurity, with predictable results

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2023-12-29

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Simon Sharwood

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A consultant at a managed security services provider describes how a weekend incident at an African bank—seemingly an intruder inside the CEO’s office—turned out to be an unannounced test ordered by the CEO from another cybersecurity provider, worsening already strained relations after a prior state-actor breach and a costly “panic purchase” of defenses.

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