Slack Warns of Big, Bad Dangers in SEC Filing
April 27 2019In an SEC filing published today, Slack has warned potential investors that it is a target for attacks from “sophisticated organized crime, nation-state, and nation-state supported actors.”
The details come as part of an S-1 form filed prior to the company’s initial public offering. In a section titled “Risk Factors,” Slack meticulously lists, as all companies going through this process must, all the things that could go wrong and lower the price of its stock. But the 3,469 words that make up the cybersecurity portion of that section read like a compendium of factors that can cause sleepless nights for CISOs.
The sophisticated nation-state threat is listed alongside “normal” cyber risks from garden-variety hackers, criminals, and disgruntled individuals.
For more, read here.
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Slack Warns of Big, Bad Dangers in SEC Filing
April 27 2019In an SEC filing published today, Slack has warned potential investors that it is a target for attacks from “sophisticated organized crime, nation-state, and nation-state supported actors.”
The details come as part of an S-1 form filed prior to the company’s initial public offering. In a section titled “Risk Factors,” Slack meticulously lists, as all companies going through this process must, all the things that could go wrong and lower the price of its stock. But the 3,469 words that make up the cybersecurity portion of that section read like a compendium of factors that can cause sleepless nights for CISOs.
The sophisticated nation-state threat is listed alongside “normal” cyber risks from garden-variety hackers, criminals, and disgruntled individuals.
For more, read here.
Join Dark Reading LIVE for two cybersecurity summits at Interop 2019. Learn from the industry’s most knowledgeable IT security experts. Check out the Interop agenda here.
Dark Reading’s Quick Hits delivers a brief synopsis and summary of the significance of breaking news events. For more information from the original source of the news item, please follow the link provided in this article. View Full Bio
