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DegenerateSupreme@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified

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The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified

www.theatlantic.com

DegenerateSupreme@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.

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    Yah. A 23 year old edgelord was just granted access to the energy department’s network, which includes our nuclear arsenal.

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      And that kid is now 100% being aggressively attacked my highly sophisticated nation state threat actors. More than likely already compromised.

      No doubt in my mind.

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        As if they’re not gaining access to hand it over to those nation states.

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        Everybody with a mind to is hacking the snot out of the US Government rn

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        One can only hope.

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    I am so very glad that a GovIT job offer I got some years ago was low balled and I ended up declining it LMAO

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      Yeah I was up for a job at Commerce last year and didn’t make the final cut. Thank glob.

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        Praise be to Glob!

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      Those job salaries are public information

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    on the bright side.

    we will all be witness to the largest Con ever played on a Government and the entire population of a Nation, in the history of the world…in broad daylight out in the open.

    keep notes, future historians will have questions.

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    So are those of us who have done infosec with TS/SCI clearances, and have a deep understanding of how it’s supposed to work vs how easily it was all circumvented.

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      It literally is like “so what if we just ignore all the laws, and Congress lets us?”

      Computer security is worthless when those in charge of the systems just roll over

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    The little gif of the computer shaking, causing me to question my eyesight further. Thanks I hate it.

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      Especially since gifs as article thumbnails are far from common. I’m surprised my client even supports that

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