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Belk said:

OK. That is definitely a valid concern, depending on which DB you are talking about. Are you saying the national DB is unsecured? I know the local one we used was not accessible over the network. You had to RDP into a special box to access and work with it.

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Laodicean60 said:

In school in 2016, I was training to work on hospital equipment and had to take an IT class; boy, did I hate it, my brain wasn't big enough. There were a lot of abbreviations, which were torturous.

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Laodicean60 said:

No, the state and election organizations were hacked.

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Laodicean60 said:

In school in 2016, I was training to work on hospital equipment and had to take an IT class; boy, did I hate it, my brain wasn't big enough. There were a lot of abbreviations, which were torturous.

No, the state and election organizations were hacked.

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RocksInMyHead said:

What do you mean it doesn't include anything about Russia?

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Belk said:

What state of you don't mind me asking? Curious about the details of the penetration.

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Belk said:

I was ex military so already used to abbreviations.

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Bradskii said:

You took an IT class so therefore you know the election was hacked?

Uh?

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Laodicean60 said:

Trump said: HACKED and I rant when I hear that word. I don't know the ins and outs; I just expect smart people to fix it.


I learned it by living it, but even those are getting hard to remember.

No, I took an IT class and said it was hard. I don't think I said the election was hacked.

I remember some of these attacks (listed below), especially OPM and DNC, and this is all totally unacceptable.

Date	Incident	Attributed to
2003–2006	Titan Rain espionage campaign	Suspected China
2014	Sony Pictures hack	North Korea
2015	U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach	Attributed to China
2016	Democratic National Committee (DNC) hack	Russia
2017	WannaCry ransomware	North Korea
2017	NotPetya malware	Russia
2020	SolarWinds supply-chain attack	Russia
2021	Microsoft Exchange Server exploitation	Attributed to China
2021	Colonial Pipeline ransomware	Criminal group DarkSide (Russia-based, not the Russian government)
2023	Microsoft email breach involving U.S. government accounts	Attributed to China
2024–2025	Continued campaigns targeting telecom providers, critical infrastructure, and government networks	Various groups attributed to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea

In 2017 I nearly lost my mind over this, Equifax of companies. No politics here; it's just common sense.

Year	Corporation	What Happened	Public Attribution
2011	RSA Security	Theft of information related to SecurID tokens	Attributed to China
2014	Sony Pictures Entertainment	Massive data leak and destructive malware	North Korea
2014	JPMorgan Chase	Data on over 80 million customers compromised	Criminal group; some members linked to Russia
2015	Anthem	Personal data of nearly 79 million people stolen	Attributed to China
2015	Premera Blue Cross	Health records of over 10 million people compromised	Attributed to China
2017	Equifax	Personal information of about 147 million people exposed	Four members of China's military were indicted by the U.S.
2017	FedEx (via NotPetya)	Global operations disrupted	Attributed to Russia
2017	Maersk	Shipping operations severely disrupted by NotPetya	Attributed to Russia
2017	Merck & Co.	Manufacturing and operations disrupted by NotPetya	Attributed to Russia
2018	Marriott International (Starwood)	Records of hundreds of millions of guests exposed	Attributed to China
2020	FireEye	Cybersecurity tools stolen	Attributed to Russia (SolarWinds campaign)
2020	SolarWinds	Software supply-chain compromise affecting thousands of customers	Attributed to Russia
2021	Microsoft Exchange customers	Widespread exploitation of on-premises Exchange servers	Attributed to China
2021	JBS Foods	Ransomware disrupted meat processing	REvil, a Russia-based criminal group
2021	Colonial Pipeline	Fuel distribution disrupted	DarkSide, a Russia-based criminal group
2023	MGM Resorts International	Ransomware and social engineering attack	Scattered Spider (criminal group) and ALPHV/BlackCat; not attributed to a foreign government
2024	Change Healthcare	Major ransomware attack affecting healthcare billing nationwide	ALPHV/BlackCat, a Russia-linked criminal ransomware group

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Belk said:

Fixing is easier said then done. IT security is less like a one and done correction and much more like a race to try to stay ahead of the bad guys. Join us as we dance madly on the lip of the volcano.

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Laodicean60 said:

I know fixing is easier said than done, and it usually comes from hillbillies. I was also an armchair quarterback when I watched sports back in the day. lol I think we need regulations, and in this simple mind, the financial markets seem to have decent security, except maybe in the crypto space. Why can't that be the standard?

In 2005 or maybe later, around the time of home ransomware, it made me realize there was a problem with the internet. Now the nagging question is what about AI added to the mix.

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Belk said:

Government security is generally better then those of the private companies. Especially when you are looking at NERC (National Energy Regulatory Compliance) and CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Systems). The weak link, like always, is the human factor. Most hacks come from individuals who do not follow proper security practices.

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Laodicean60 said:

Trump said: HACKED and I rant when I hear that word. I don't know the ins and outs; I just expect smart people to fix it.


I learned it by living it, but even those are getting hard to remember.

No, I took an IT class and said it was hard. I don't think I said the election was hacked.

I remember some of these attacks (listed below), especially OPM and DNC, and this is all totally unacceptable.

Date	Incident	Attributed to
2003–2006	Titan Rain espionage campaign	Suspected China
2014	Sony Pictures hack	North Korea
2015	U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach	Attributed to China
2016	Democratic National Committee (DNC) hack	Russia
2017	WannaCry ransomware	North Korea
2017	NotPetya malware	Russia
2020	SolarWinds supply-chain attack	Russia
2021	Microsoft Exchange Server exploitation	Attributed to China
2021	Colonial Pipeline ransomware	Criminal group DarkSide (Russia-based, not the Russian government)
2023	Microsoft email breach involving U.S. government accounts	Attributed to China
2024–2025	Continued campaigns targeting telecom providers, critical infrastructure, and government networks	Various groups attributed to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea

In 2017 I nearly lost my mind over this, Equifax of companies. No politics here; it's just common sense.

Year	Corporation	What Happened	Public Attribution
2011	RSA Security	Theft of information related to SecurID tokens	Attributed to China
2014	Sony Pictures Entertainment	Massive data leak and destructive malware	North Korea
2014	JPMorgan Chase	Data on over 80 million customers compromised	Criminal group; some members linked to Russia
2015	Anthem	Personal data of nearly 79 million people stolen	Attributed to China
2015	Premera Blue Cross	Health records of over 10 million people compromised	Attributed to China
2017	Equifax	Personal information of about 147 million people exposed	Four members of China's military were indicted by the U.S.
2017	FedEx (via NotPetya)	Global operations disrupted	Attributed to Russia
2017	Maersk	Shipping operations severely disrupted by NotPetya	Attributed to Russia
2017	Merck & Co.	Manufacturing and operations disrupted by NotPetya	Attributed to Russia
2018	Marriott International (Starwood)	Records of hundreds of millions of guests exposed	Attributed to China
2020	FireEye	Cybersecurity tools stolen	Attributed to Russia (SolarWinds campaign)
2020	SolarWinds	Software supply-chain compromise affecting thousands of customers	Attributed to Russia
2021	Microsoft Exchange customers	Widespread exploitation of on-premises Exchange servers	Attributed to China
2021	JBS Foods	Ransomware disrupted meat processing	REvil, a Russia-based criminal group
2021	Colonial Pipeline	Fuel distribution disrupted	DarkSide, a Russia-based criminal group
2023	MGM Resorts International	Ransomware and social engineering attack	Scattered Spider (criminal group) and ALPHV/BlackCat; not attributed to a foreign government
2024	Change Healthcare	Major ransomware attack affecting healthcare billing nationwide	ALPHV/BlackCat, a Russia-linked criminal ransomware group

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Trump administration planning major workforce cuts at CISA

The agency is looking to remove some 1,300 people by cutting about half its full-time staff and another 40 percent of its contractors, a source with direct knowledge of the developing plans told Recorded Future News.

therecord.media

Trump administration halts funding for two cybersecurity efforts, including one for elections

The Trump administration has cut millions of dollars in federal funding from two cybersecurity initiatives, including one dedicated to helping state and local election officials.

apnews.com

FAITH-IN-HIM said:

If claims about manipulation of our election system by a foreign entity are taken seriously, the logical response would be to invest more in technology and cybersecurity to help prevent it from happening again. The logical response would not be to reduce resources for CISA. Yet that is exactly what the administration did after coming into power.

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