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originally posted by: BlackArrow
... unless this was a planned hack. ...
These were hacks, both JBS and Colonial had crap encryption and were ware of the situation. It's a calculated risk on their en and they lost. There are many more besides these two.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: incoserv
For Colonial, who is now a customer, the hack was as described.
originally posted by: LogicalGraphitti
If your profession is related to data security, ask for more money! That's the skill of the decade. It kind of reminds me of 1999. If you were a seasoned programmer at that time, you could get some serious pay. Companies diverted budgets to buy new hardware and rewrite the old COBOL applications because someone said "computers will stop working in 2000. It was a great time for me. Now I wish I was an expert in networking.