Data lakes: where big businesses dump their excess data, and hackers have a field day

Machines and the internet are woven into the fabric of our society. A growing number of users, devices and applications work together to produce what we now call “big data”. And this data helps drive many of the everyday services we access, such as banking.

http://theconversation.com/data-lakes-where-big-businesses-dump-their-excess-data-and-hackers-have-a-field-day-123865