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1 posted on 08/17/2019 6:49:54 AM PDT by mplc51
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declare these terrorist attacks, line up death penalty and GitMo as result. Make very public and give culprits 24 hours to cease or become public enemy number one. Make the threat serious enough, the follow through ominous enough, that they end real quick.


2 posted on 08/17/2019 7:02:50 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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Why can’t the authorities just follow the money?


3 posted on 08/17/2019 7:14:37 AM PDT by TalBlack (Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitch!)
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The time is well past when we need to demand that IT professionals have the training and competence to protect us.

Data breaches are treated as non events. No one is held accountable for exposing us to risk . Cities are shut down. Nothing happens.

If we are going to have a digital world we must demand only qualified people can build and operate digital systems.


4 posted on 08/17/2019 7:15:17 AM PDT by AlbertWang
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Probably got Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Brenham, Midland/Odessa, Lubbock, Tyler, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Victoria and Waco to name a few. Has to be a city with big pockets in order to get enough $$ for the risk. If they have to pay, they’re going to hit the taxpayers for the bill for their own incompetence with security.


5 posted on 08/17/2019 7:17:48 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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It's called backup. And heeding this warning: This case of ransomware, like most cases of ransomware, was most likely caused by some user receiving an email from an unknown source and the user clicking on a link within the email.

KNOW THE SENDER.

6 posted on 08/17/2019 7:18:03 AM PDT by upchuck (If democrats would stop shooting people gun violence would drop by 90% ~ h/t Mr K.)
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We were told it was DPS that got hit.


7 posted on 08/17/2019 7:29:41 AM PDT by Clay Moore (You can vote your way into socialism, but you have to shoot your way out.)
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Needs to be a different model for how and when municipalities (and others) back u their data.

For instance multiple backup sites at different/longer intervals.

My Doc's office was devastated when they learned their backup was infected with the same ransomeware as their primary storage.

If their backups had been at longer intervals, with fewer overwrites, they could have been protected, especially with separate backup sites.

16 posted on 08/17/2019 9:00:58 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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Get some real IT guys, fellas ! Come on now !

Seriously though government is like 10 or 15 years behind the private sector


18 posted on 08/17/2019 11:02:09 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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