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> That someone could be siphoning terabytes of classified information over the span of decades is just beyond comprehension. I don't know how ridiculous this i
by x1798DE 10y ago
> That someone could be siphoning terabytes of classified information over the span of decades is just beyond comprehension.
I don't know how ridiculous this is. Security is an ever-evolving field, and a lot of these stringent controls weren't necessarily in place decades ago - for example, what fraction of places were banning USB flash drives even 10 years ago?
The NSA isn't superhuman, and security is hard. I have no love for the agency, but it's not like only complete morons are susceptible to deep insiders exfiltrating data over the course of decades.
- ythl 10y ago> and security is hard. Security experts act like it's very trivial and basic to get a fully secure shop up and running if we simply do everything they say. When something fails, the security expert gets fired, and a new one comes on board who will inevitably call the old one "incompetent" and claim that super basic and trivial things were not being followed. Repeat ad infinitum. Some organizations/companies are more vulnerable than others, but I have yet to see one that cannot be compromised by a determined/patient adversary.
- oldmanjay 10y agoWhen a rebuttal starts with a strawman, what are the odds it's going to improve from that point?
- L_226 10y agoI have firsthand knowledge that a certain Australian three letter agency was filling USB ports for non-cleared staff with silicone gel, more than 10 years ago.