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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by throwaway3699 on Sunday May 09, 2021 @09:34PM (#27101746)
Basic security practices like 2FA and not using VPNs/trusting the network would be a great start. There is no excuse for private business like Facebook and Google being more secure than the f*@& United States of America.
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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by slenk on Sunday May 09, 2021 @11:18PM (#27102355)
Well, to be fair, the government doesn't control the pipeline...
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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by chrisco255 on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:24PM (#27102049)
Well, FB, Google, et al. have sucked up all the talent.
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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by slongfield on Sunday May 09, 2021 @11:27PM (#27102407)
The NSA and CIA pay less than half of what a FAANG company pays for the same role.

Sources: FAANG: Levels.fyi and personal experience

NSA/CIA: https://work.chron.com/nsa-pay-scale-16399.html and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries...

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Re:US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack by chrisco255 on Sunday May 09, 2021 @11:55PM (#27102525)
For sure, and worse because there's no stock grants that subsequently go up several times in value after distribution. I get that it's a compensation problem as well as a supply problem: software engineering talent is hard to come by and world class software security talent is even harder to come by.
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