An opportunistic attacker leveraged credentials that Rich had mistakenly made public. Rich Mogull from Securosis made a misstep and it caused him some financial distress. This is an example of how to be transparent and how to show where he made his missteps. Rich didn’t need to share this event with us. But, I’m very glad that he did. It’s important to fess up, and I learned (the hard way) some interesting conclusions about a new attack trend that probably need their own post.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2136212/how-to-gracefully-fall-on-a-sword.html