[FerretFred]

> Are these hacks unavoidable, or are they indicative of shoddy IT on the victim's side?

That's a really good question and one that I've asked (myself) many times. What I can't understand is that on one side you have an IT division that (probably) has a substantial budget, security hardware and software layers, security strategies and probably hundreds of personnel. On the other side you have a group of hackers/crackers who have none of the above, but often succeed. How does that work? Srsly!

[bornfreddy]

The defenders need to score every time to win the game. The attackers only need to score once.