So then they're bluffing.
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It was a public internet facing portal for hiring. No way that is connected to the rest of the FBI's stuff, nor would it have info on "everyone". Not to downplay the hacking, it's impressive stuff, but if the FBI was truly in trouble they are complete idiots in security.
No way that is connected to the rest of the FBI’s stuff
Nervous laughter
You don't think they'd be able to access our intranet through the commercial grade hiring portal we're running adjacent to the rest of our IT infrastructure?
I work with federal agencies of similar security posture to the FBI. They”ve set up the system so that even if people are complete idiots it would be hard to compromise them fully.
This presents itself as taking three months and ten meetings to open a port on a firewall.
This experience ruined the Mr. Robot fantasy for me.
With the current people in charge, you never know