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Re:Equifax IT staff had to rerun hackers' queries to work ou... by jakelarkin on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @03:16PM (#18026909)
security by obsolescence is a thing too
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Re:Equifax IT staff had to rerun hackers' queries to work ou... by FactolSarin on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @04:48PM (#18027583)
It's actually one of the security layers for America's nuclear arsenal

https://www.businessinsider.com/hacker-us-nukes-report-2016-...

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Re:Equifax IT staff had to rerun hackers' queries to work ou... by cuboidGoat on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @06:49PM (#18028264)
Security by obsolescence isn't the thing where you just dump old code on internet connected computers and steadfastly refuse to do any form of technical assessment other then "Does it run?", due to the assumption that nobody would be interested in screwing you over, though.
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