we are reaching levels of national security threats I did not even realize were possible
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
this is the kind of thing you put in a terrible b-movie where some nefarious cybercriminal has hacked The Entire Treasury and everyone rolls their eyes at the implausibility
except somehow it's actually real
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Just a pasty guy wearing a lanyard saying "Uh, I'm the new boss, djow me the computers or I call the marshalls." And you have full access!
Or, they'll just watch the US being dismantled by an enemy within and continue to do nothing.
The most powerful nation in the world is being taken down by game show host, a South African Nazi & half a dozen incels.
Instead…
And how far away are from that chapter?
I'm sure nothing can happen here that will make anyone wealthy
Not one studio
Call your State Senator and rep as well. Tell them you expect them to fight for you as well.
@jilltokuda.bsky.social this was s bull shiz
Washington Under Siege!
Yeah, I’m still thinking about it…. 🧐😎
A few YouTubers are doing good work getting info out there.
You can forget CNN, NYT, WaPo, LA Times etc.
Legacy news media has been replaced.
However in that there was global media attention on the disaster. In real life they are praising Donald (who folded immediately in his trade war) 🤷♂️
CHRIS PRATT: What? Which part?
JOHN BRADLEY *sitting at a computer, eyes wide in shock*: Um... all of it.
Nobody just walks into a datacenter and touches hardware. Not even using the 'janitor' routine.
Work permits needed to enter, way more paper to add hardware: power plans, load sheets, drawings, approvals.
First day was Monday after "Aphid." Still on generator.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Storm_Aphid
That was when we found out as Generator (X) roared to life that it was out of phase with Generator (N) since all (foo) Gens had never been spun up at the same time in test.
It's so improbable that it's inevitable (Murphy's Law).
Ruined my weekend plans.
I might burn it to light up cigars, but I will burn it in protest anyway.
That day - and every day since - has revealed the USA is the weakest nation in the Western world. All those trillions of $s invested in national security was a waste.
The US is being destroyed by a rat chewing through a cable.
I have little hope, but a small amount these guys will be tried in court
Or worse, they only knew because Elon made them say it...
deeply annoyed about this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oez161Hs3z4
Also retroactively majorly drags down Winter Soldier, where it took years and years of Hydra plotting to pull this off.
every change to something like “the system that pays 1/5 of the economy” should have to go through multiple layers of review and approval, no one person should just have full admin access
Oh wait, that’s movies. We’re talking about the irs here
Different agency, same secretary.
Every company has someone who’s managing the master system of record with all the financial data … even banks … usually some near-retirement mainframe programmer who’s been there 30 years and treats it like a pet
It's the equivalent of fixing you car with duct tape.
Most were built before modern ideas about fault tolerance were common. 🤷
But their age means that once someone has a high level of access there isn't much they can't do. 🤷
Given their competence or lack off, this is becoming a likely scenario. 🤷
The were written before modern software design methodologies were an idea in someone's head.
Just the idea of somebody exploring ISPF without a guide gives me the shivers. This is horrifying.
(Not saying it isn't the norm, but it no longer needs to be the case.)
I say this as someone who does datacenter migrations etc.
He's what we used to call a "Near Expert User" - i.e. someone's who's confidence way exceeded their competence. 🤷
D.J. Qualls is Gay, btw, and a BAMF. Unlike these boys.
That probably means replacing everything.
This price tag is increasing every hour they're allowed to continue.
They're all MIA.
Normally, I'd say there are safeguards, but all bets are off now. Nobody is doing PR reviews for those kids, I'll tell you that much.
Bad news without a recommended action is pointless. Congress is worthless.
Even if it’s something like “Call state AG” - something!
Or a resource pg by state
No one I guess? But good thing I got this handy bad news!