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All that money and lawlessness that went into enabling security agencies must be crowned as the worst investment ever

That has nothing to do with this the FBI presumably cannot enforce security on a company.

Maybe for some industries they need to start mandating Security Clearances and background checks and no outsourcing of certain critical systems work.

I am not familiar with any details of this hack that could point to employees or contractors. Also, I am not sure what exactly are the roles of FBI and NSA when it comes to protecting US infrastructure, can you clarify?

I am not a Natsec expert - and where does "employees or contractors. " come into this?

I was suggesting that certain industries would have to be stricter in future in who they hire for sensitive roles.

I believe a judge recently signed an order allowing the FBI to access and patch hacked exchange servers.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/fbi-might-gone-ahead-f...

Many of those agencies seem more interested in making systems less secure so they can get in easily than in protecting systems from outsiders.

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