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Employees work in the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operation Center inside a freight truck in London, U.K., on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. IBM took another step toward bringing the world of quantum computing to commercial applications -- and Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty sees real results coming as soon as 2021. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg

“Who was that just now on the phone?” Caleb Barlow, vice-president of International Business Machines Corp’s X-force threat intelligence cybersecurity team, wants to know. 

I’ve just fielded a call from a woman claiming to be a reporter about to publish a story that 75 million customer records have been stolen from my company and posted on the Internet. I have no idea what the answer is to Barlow’s question.