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FakeNoose

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7. Companies are too cheap to pay for good cybersecurity

Reply to TygrBright (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 03:32 PM

Jan 2019

They need to hire good programmers who can setup secure networks in their businesses - especially in the essential services like power utilities. Yep, that costs money but even more than that it, takes top managers with the intelligence and leadership to understand how important our security is.

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America's Electric Grid Has a Vulnerable Back Door--and Russia Walked Through It [View all] TygrBright Jan 2019 OP

Instead of a stupid wallwe should be fixing and upgrading our electrical grid against cyber attacks kimbutgar Jan 2019 #1

+1 nycbos Jan 2019 #5

He never does anything above a fifth-grade level. truthisfreedom Jan 2019 #2

AFAIR this how the Target breach happened. Too easy. erronis Jan 2019 #3

this is why feel that systems like this should be totaly standalone. AllaN01Bear Jan 2019 #4

We were warned. I know that, of the politicians, Obama and Biden got it. Hekate Jan 2019 #6

Companies are too cheap to pay for good cybersecurity FakeNoose Jan 2019 #7

By Rebecca Smith and Rob Barry mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #8

Why isn't reporters and the media hounding him about it, and what he's done to prevent it. duforsure Jan 2019 #9

This is how real cyber war will be fought. Nitram Jan 2019 #10