American Airlines Hit In China-Tied Hacks?

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According to this report, American Airlines was the victim of a group of China-linked hackers. The airline had no comment other than to say it is investigating the matter.

A group of China-linked hackers that has mowed through the databanks of major American health insurers and stolen personnel records of U.S. military and intelligence agencies has struck at the heart of the nation’s air-travel system, say people familiar with investigations of the attacks.
 
Maybe the government should hire some real IT people? Security experts might be a good idea.

Just a thought...
 
BillR said:
Maybe the government should hire some real IT people? Security experts might be a good idea.

Just a thought...
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IN addition to what Canna said about the pay, the culture of government IT is also a pain:
Many of the problems cited in the audit and other reports have their roots in State Department culture, a particular hothouse of wider federal government culture that is institutionally oriented toward picking people who fit into a specific type for entry into Foreign Service Officer training. Based on conversations with people who have worked at the State Department, the culture there is, while largely patriotic and professional, also fairly change-resistant and homogenous.

And even when they try to change that by bringing in smart people from the outside world, the hiring process can actively discourage the best-qualified candidates—because the Foreign Service wants lifers. People with outside experience from industry are infrequently brought in, As former ambassador John Price, now a resident scholar at the University of Utah, pointed out in an essay entitled “The State Department Culture Needs to Change,” and talented people who are typecast in a specific role are usually trapped there and unable to advance.
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The hell are Russia and China going to do with the data they keep stealing from the US. Send the digital marines and find the people responsible and wreck their shit.
 
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