[Lazamataz]

“Social engineering?” Presumably that means the Chinese raiders were able to cadge valid credentials from system users through some variety of human-intelligence and phishing tactics. Once good user names and passwords were in hand, there was basically nothing to stop the intruders, because the interior of the OPM system is a time capsule back to Nineteen Seventy Something. It was revealed in testimony that they’re still running legacy systems more than 20 years old processing COBOL code....

I don't fault COBOL use. Many of the biggest banks still run COBOL, and they are the absolute world's best in security. Even over governments.

Now, I *DO* fault the use of foreign nationals as contractors in Federal Contracts. I've seen it myself.

[CodeToad]

“Now, I *DO* fault the use of foreign nationals as contractors in Federal Contracts. I’ve seen it myself. “

Same here. Denver has the Federal Center. Supposedly the largest federal employee count outside of DC. I’ve seen entire contracts from healthcare to forestry run entirely by H-1B contractors.