Comment by nippoo

14 hours ago

I mean, it happened to the FBI... https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/11/hoax-email-blast-abused-...

>The FBI is aware of a software misconfiguration

That's not a misconfiguration, that's incompetence.

How do these people get hired?

  • That's actually really easy:

    1. be government agency

    2. pay 30-70% less than private sector companies would for a similar position

    3. receive applicants that are 30-70% less competent

    Bonus:

    - have 30+ year old systems nobody understands anymore because the team behind them has been dead/retired for a decade

    - have hiring process handled entirely by out of touch suits

    - have a revolving door of motivated soon-to-be burnouts mopping up the mess behind the aforementioned regular employees