Episode 159 - The Organ Grinder Episode

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec (11:06)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>6th July 1995: <a href="https://thisdayintechhistory.com/07/06/1-2-3-ibm-buys-lotus/">Simple as 1-2-3: IBM Buys Lotus</a></p><p>IBM completes a $3.5 billion buyout of Lotus Development, the producer of the once-dominant Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet software and the then-popular Lotus Notes groupware. IBM had hoped to leverage Lotus 1-2-3 to challenge the increasingly demanded Microsoft Excel software, but alas, there was little slowing down the Microsoft juggernaut during the 1990’s. Lotus 1-2-3 steadily lost market share, and <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/goodbye-lotus-1-2-3-7000015385/">IBM finally announced the end of support for the software in 2013</a>.  </p><p>Lotus Notes groupware faired little better than 1-2-3, succumbing to Microsoft Exchange as the dominant groupware platform among large companies, but it remained entrenched among certain corporations for many years under the name IBM notes. <a href="https://newsroom.ibm.com/2018-12-06-HCL-Technologies-to-Acquire-Select-IBM-Software-Products-for-1-8B">In 2018 IBM sold Notes along with other software products to HCL Software for $1.8 Billion</a>. HCL still develops and supports Notes to this day with a focus on security and lower cost as a way to compete with Microsoft Exchange.</p><p> </p><p>1st July 2003: California's data breach notification law went into effect. It was the first US state to require disclosure of breaches of personal info.</p><p><a href="https://www.csub.edu/its/security/california-sb-1386">California SB 1386 - Personal Information: Privacy</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1410750152671825925">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1410750152671825925</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (20:12)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nickelodeon-investigates-breach-after-leak-of-decades-old-data/">Nickelodeon investigates brea