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I don't know how much blame you can put on IBM here. - The Transport Agency decided to outsource operations, and IBM won the contract (April 2015) - The follo
by rhblake 9y ago
I don't know how much blame you can put on IBM here.
- The Transport Agency decided to outsource operations, and IBM won the contract (April 2015)
- The following month, the head of the agency decided to ignore certain laws about privacy, secrecy, etc., as well as the agency's own requirements about information security
- The Swedish Security Service, Säpo (basically our FBI), immediately got wind of this and started investigating, ultimately recommending - in November 2015 - to put an immediate halt to the outsourcing
- The Transport Agency decided to ignore the advice of Säpo and handed over operations to IBM in December 2015
Here's a good timeline: http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/detta-vet-vi-om-transportstyrelsens-it-skandal/ http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/detta-vet-vi-om-transportst...
- alfla 9y agoarticle paywall
- rhblake 9y agoIt's a "soft" paywall - the content is still there. Use uBlock Origin or similar, and don't let the site set cookies, and everything will be fine (Firefox: right click -> View Page Info -> Permissions -> set "Set Cookies" to "Block").
- bjelkeman-again 9y agoIBM really should be able to see that this is a very questionable contract and not take the contract.
- justinclift 9y agoAt this point (and historically for many years), it seems like there is no circumstance upon which an IBM salesperson or any of their management (right to the top) would ever say No to receiving more money.
- daemin 9y agoIt seems that all of the shifting of labour is working out for IBM. I wonder how long it will be before the statement "nobody got fired for picking IBM" becomes false. But that timeline does seem quite ridiculous. To wilfully ignore the recommendations of you security services, seems almost Trumpesque.