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Wanted urgently: People who know a half century-old computer language so states can process unemployment claims
originally posted by: AScrubWhoDied
These systems arent updated because they work, more importantly they will contain zero of the vulnerabilities that newer frameworks / stacks contain.
originally posted by: 0zzymand0s
a reply to: JAGStorm
Weren't these idiots supposed to "modernize" their systems away from COBOL after Y2K? That's 20+ years of criminally negligent "public service" IMO.
originally posted by: AScrubWhoDied
These systems arent updated because they work, more importantly they will contain zero of the vulnerabilities that newer frameworks / stacks contain.
originally posted by: JAGStorm
originally posted by: AScrubWhoDied
These systems arent updated because they work, more importantly they will contain zero of the vulnerabilities that newer frameworks / stacks contain.
There is one reason they haven't been updated
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Jack Weinstein: I'll tell you, those older systems provide us some -- I will say huge safety when it comes to some cyber issues that we currently have in the world.
Lesley Stahl: Now, explain that.
Jack Weinstein: A few years ago we did a complete analysis of our entire network. Cyber engineers found out that the system is extremely safe and extremely secure on the way it's developed.
Lesley Stahl: Meaning that you're not up on the Internet kind of thing?
Jack Weinstein: We're not up on the Internet.
Lesley Stahl: So did the cyber people recommend you keep it the way it is?
Jack Weinstein: For right now, yes.
Who's minding the nukes?
I seriously knew people that were not fire-able because they were the only ones that knew the "system"
They were also oddly incapable of teaching others... I'm not going to say if I was