BrianKrebsNov 20

I have quite a few projects I'm super excited to publish in the coming weeks. But honestly, the main thing that's consuming my brain cycles story-wise is a year-end piece about just how badly this administration has fscked our cybers in so many ways.

This won't be a polemical soliloquy. I intend to document all of the specific actions this administration has taken that appear to weaken, redirect, or fully castrate our cyber capabilities. Your assistance would be appreciated (and possibly noted).

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One aspect of this I can't stop thinking about is the example and precedent set by this administration when Musk took over and started joining all these federal databases that had previously been kept separate for about 100+ reasons over time.

Kind of secondary to those alarming developments was the fact that all of the safeguards we put in place to ensure Security 101 things like "need to know access" and auditability were just tossed out the window, and really haven't been observed by this administration since. It's as if the entirety of what they teach you in Security 101, 201, 301, etc, is just a suggestion.

Also, where THE FUCK did this data go? Who has it? How can anyone be sure who does? Is it still being used? How will it be used going forward?

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@briankrebs Data that valuable doesn't just disappear.

I'll bet a dollar that the people who stole it have /excellent/ security, because they know how valuable it is. If something turns up leaked it's because they wanted it leaked, otherwise they will protect it very hard because they benefit most if we forget it happened.

Nov 20 at 10:48pmWeb
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@briankrebs Did I say "stole it"? But they were "freely given it" which is so sad it hurts inside.

This is like the flock data: if certain elite randos can access it, then it should be public. Otherwise it's really unfair and breaks society at a fundamental level.

Hell this kind of info inequality is covered in discussions going back to the 60s. Can't claim ignorance; this is a power play. Are they competent to leverage it? Who knows? It is unsettling.