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It is so difficult to parse this kind of article. We don't know if the sources are actually from the intelligence community, or politicians who are being fed a
by 7952 11y ago
It is so difficult to parse this kind of article. We don't know if the sources are actually from the intelligence community, or politicians who are being fed a narrative by actual intelligence sources.
My hunch is that these agencies are compromised by hackers and most of this is a response to that in one way or another. Just this week we found out how security-clearance information has been extracted by attackers. This include records of “foreign contacts”—lists of non-U.S. officials that a person might know or have relationships with [1]. But maybe just blame everything on Snowden!
[1] http://www.wsj.com/articles/security-clearance-information-likely-stolen-during-breach-of-government-agency-1434143820 http://www.wsj.com/articles/security-clearance-information-l...
- us0r 11y ago"Just this week we found out how security-clearance information has been extracted by attackers." And the week before the FBI is going around all the media complaining about encryption.
- DennisP 11y agoWell apparently it's easy to break encryption so I don't see what they're complaining about.
- imron 11y agoIt sure it, just type 'override' when the 'access denied' prompt is shown. sigh I hate what tv/movies have made people believe about tech.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoWell if the UK government gets their way this is pretty much what they want to have in place.
- logn 11y agoWe haven't seen any proof in the OPM case. And I don't think any journalists reporting it have been made privy to any proof that's gone unpublished. Maybe I'm wrong, but every story I've seen just regurgitates what officials are saying. Meanwhile they're pushing for stronger "cyber security" legislation and trying to stoke cyber fears as the country slowly recovers from the collective 9/11 PTSD.
- ams6110 11y agoIt's not the first time security clearance information has been exposed. Back in 2014 several of the contractors who do background investigations had breaches. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dhs-contractor-suffers-major-computer-breach-officials-say/2014/08/06/8ed131b4-1d89-11e4-ae54-0cfe1f974f8a_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dhs-co... http://fedscoop.com/another-opm-background-check-contractor-breached/ http://fedscoop.com/another-opm-background-check-contractor-...