The biggest problem with security is not the genius hacker, or the obscure exploit. It's people doing stupid thing — too often with encouragement of policy and procedures that allow (or even encourage) stupid things.
(And, I'll note, this is one of the consequences of "Hey, let's outsource as much of the federal government's work as possible, because public employees are bad and expensive and outsourcing and privatizing saves money! Woot!")
(h/t +Yonatan Zunger)
The US agency plundered by Chinese hackers made one of the dumbest security moves possible
Contractors in Argentina and China were given…
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When Rome started to hire mercenaries to fight for them, their empire begin to crumble. Same shit here, different way.