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'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees

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  1. htrp · · focus · HN ↗
    TLDR. A Peoplesoft (Oracle HR) instance was compromised which allowed movement into GovCloud (AWS)
    1. ok123456 · · focus · HN ↗
      PeopleSoft 0-day.

      Just goes to show that the wall of IT bureaucracy does nothing. I'm sure they had an ATO, a several-hundred-page SBOM, compliance audits, etc.

      1. Tangurena2 · · focus · HN ↗
        The FBI had some very smart people. The current regime/administration's number 1 priority is to eliminate anyone competent in order to replace them with loyalists. Stuff is only going to get worse.
        1. ok123456 · · focus · HN ↗
          > The FBI had some very smart people.

          They trusted Oracle. I'm not sure I believe you.

          1. Tangurena2 · · focus · HN ↗
            That's almost always a decision made by mismanagers.
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