2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: No surprise: Tech sites aren't buying DNC hysteria on breech [View all]TheBlackAdder
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It's not like this had just popped up the other day, this was over 6-7 months in process.
There should have been contingencies in place, and plans for a migratory path staged.
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What happens if they were housed at or near WTC-like event? What would you do for business continuity?
The fact that the DNC is sticking with this provider, when their IT architectural plans and system's designs seem woefully malconstructed, is a wonderment of possible cronyism.
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Oh, and no, it would take a few months to transition properly. That is all an outsourcer needs to acquire a data center. Connect to the network, or get a copy of system tapes, bring up a shadow system at the outsourcer's site and study the layout.
The fact that a firewall is to blame, shows there was virtually no security, no session-state account tokens, no userid checking on the back-end side, nothing locking down the database, etc. This is a hacker's delight, not only from the outside, but from a mole.
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