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The Belgian public neither knowd nor cares. The press should have made a fuss but didn't. I remember a couple of very short articles about it, which kind of sor

The Belgian public neither knowd nor cares. The press should have made a fuss but didn't. I remember a couple of very short articles about it, which kind of sort of maybe said the British might have potentially but not likely been involved. Belgium was designed to be a toothless and spineless state by the UK, France & Germany, and it's playing its part wonderfully.

jacquesm 9y ago
> Belgium was designed to be a toothless and spineless state by the UK, France & Germany, and it's playing its part wonderfully. Belgium is in its own way more often than not, which is a pity because with Brussels the de-facto capital of Europe the potential to become a regional power-house is definitely there. But Belgian politics, the language divide and a surprisingly large amount of corruption (a bit better than France but substantially worse than Germany and NL) do not help.
- Tharkun 9y ago
  I can't really speak for large scale corruption, but small scale corruption and "bending the rules" is pretty much the only way anything gets done around here..
wiz21c 9y ago
>>> The Belgian public neither knowd nor cares. Maybe there are more interesting hacks to do ? What about https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/ https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/ or https://www.smals.be https://www.smals.be or nuclear plants networks (these are isolated I think, so extra bonus if one hacks into them)? Also, anyone has data about the last failure @ Belgacom ( http://www.lesoir.be/125094/article/2017-11-19/le-reseau-proximus-touche-par-une-importante-panne-apres-un-acte-de-vandalisme http://www.lesoir.be/125094/article/2017-11-19/le-reseau-pro... )
- Tharkun 9y ago
  Given that someone sabotaged a turbine in a Belgian nuclear power plant a couple of years ago, I'm guessing the security isn't exactly top-notch. I've subcontracted for various Belgian government agencies (as a software engineer), and I've been less than impressed by their security practices... I'm not saying ehealth is broken by design, but I won't be surprised if it turns out to be broken into a couple of years from now.

jacquesm 9y ago

> Belgium was designed to be a toothless and spineless state by the UK, France & Germany, and it's playing its part wonderfully. Belgium is in its own way more often than not, which is a pity because with Brussels the de-facto capital of Europe the potential to become a regional power-house is definitely there. But Belgian politics, the language divide and a surprisingly large amount of corruption (a bit better than France but substantially worse than Germany and NL) do not help.

Tharkun 9y ago
I can't really speak for large scale corruption, but small scale corruption and "bending the rules" is pretty much the only way anything gets done around here..

wiz21c 9y ago

>>> The Belgian public neither knowd nor cares. Maybe there are more interesting hacks to do ? What about https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/ https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/ or https://www.smals.be https://www.smals.be or nuclear plants networks (these are isolated I think, so extra bonus if one hacks into them)? Also, anyone has data about the last failure @ Belgacom ( http://www.lesoir.be/125094/article/2017-11-19/le-reseau-proximus-touche-par-une-importante-panne-apres-un-acte-de-vandalisme http://www.lesoir.be/125094/article/2017-11-19/le-reseau-pro... )

Tharkun 9y ago
Given that someone sabotaged a turbine in a Belgian nuclear power plant a couple of years ago, I'm guessing the security isn't exactly top-notch. I've subcontracted for various Belgian government agencies (as a software engineer), and I've been less than impressed by their security practices... I'm not saying ehealth is broken by design, but I won't be surprised if it turns out to be broken into a couple of years from now.