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Amongst other news outlets, CIO reports on a hacker attack on the German parliament (Bundestag) that occured four weeks ago and is still ongoing:
Trojans introduced to the Bundestag network are still working and are still sending data from the internal network to an unknown destination, several anonymous parliament sources told German publication Der Spiegel.[German]
All software and hardware in the German parliamentary network might need to be replaced[1]. More than four weeks after a cyberattack, the government hasn't managed to erase spyware from the system, according to a news report.
Some MPs have concerns to call experts from the foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst, for help, because the agency would gain access to the legislative process, a possible violation of the principles of Separation of Powers.
[1] Apparently about 20.000 machines are affected
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @11:53AM
you can try to secure systems all you want, but if they contain something of sufficient value there will be hackers who invest plenty of effort into breaking them (and will in all likelihood succeed if the prize is worth it).
Under your dictatorship, businesses would go broke due to the costs of endless spending on security. In reality, businesses will always do the absolute minimum to cover their asses, and no more. For anything they miss there is liability insurance. If customers aren't happy with the level of security provided, they go elsewhere, which is why when security is paramount there is a market incentive to improve (such as banking). Forcing companies to be held liable for breaches is fine if such breach would cause grievous harm to others (such as security of weapons), but otherwise it will just pointlessly hurt small businesses who can't afford to have the best security or defend themselves in court.
What would work much better than your bureaucratic bullshit is for your big government cronies to get out of the way and let failing corporations go bankrupt. If the market decides that a company has fucked up their security, it will abandon it to rot. If the government then comes in and bails it out, what the fuck good is that gunna do? It's just going to make the problem worse. It's called 'moral hazard' for you Keynesian imbeciles.
Dipshit democrats like you are why businesses are so wrapped up in red tape they eventually get chased offshore.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 13 2015, @05:12PM
Sounds like natural selection where only the best and most competent prevail.