Poor Security Measures Make Startups Easy Hacking Targets

Security protocol seems to be a low priority for up-and-coming startups, which makes them an easy target for hackers.

AttackSocial media startups are full of energy and desperate to push their product to market. In this haste, basic security protocols are often overlooked. Snapchat has had many security flaws, and several Tor router projects were sunk by poor security. Because of this poor security, startups may have made themselves targets, according to The New York TimesBits blog.

Slack, a team communication platform, announced last week that it had been hacked during February, and the intrusion had lasted for about four days.

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