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In New Hampshire, a cybersecurity firm found troubling security bugs — and the Ukrainian national anthem — written into a voter database built with the help of an overseas subcontractor. (www.politico.com)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"The technology vendors who build software used on Election Day face razor-thin profit margins in a market that is unforgiving commercially and toxic politically. That provides little room for needed investments in security"

WOW almost like capitalism doesn't work!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That's a very mealy-mouthed statement for what is basically just "they decided not to invest in security so they could have more money". It makes me sick as an infosec professional seeing publications like this that try and make us feel bad for the poor widdle IT corporation which had to choose between profits and protecting it's own clients (which is the whole job!!). Like I give af.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Preach!