U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism, official says

Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by ixacto on Thursday June 03, 2021 @07:52PM (#27388878)

The feds can’t even secure all their own systems. We had the OPM hack which resulted in the personal information of federal employees exfultrated who knows where. Also the federal government were still using passwords that were exposed in the breach 3 years after https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2018/11/15/office-of....

Tbh I trust the FAANG companies to run better security. Government is incompetent in this area.

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Re:U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrori... by ineedasername on Thursday June 03, 2021 @08:16PM (#27389016)

Many times it's not the government securing their systems, they've outsourced it to places like SolarWinds. Maybe they would do a better job if political pressure didn't push for more and more privatization of critical operations.

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