Friday, December 23, 2016

"State audit revealed critical cybersecurity weaknesses in Montgomery County Public Schools' computer network"

Cybersecurity? Riemer promised in 2010 to make MoCo a "cybersecurity hub" on the east coast. Four years later, it was exposed that the county government was running on Windows 2000, perhaps the most insecure platform in the world. Six years later, a State audit revealed critical cybersecurity weaknesses in Montgomery County Public Schools' computer network. These flaws put private student information a few clicks away for hackers, and gave access to the entire MCPS network, including log-in passwords for personnel. Yikes.
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1 comment:

  1. Well, their data will be sold to marketers and they'll be receiving plenty of junk mail and annoying phone calls.

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