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Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

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Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

#21

A bit of a naive question but can someone answer this for me? To be a CIA Director, isn't it a requirement to have some sort of a technical background that way whoever is in the role is able to anticipate and always be a step head when it comes to these sort of problems?

I guess they don't look at themselves very closely. Otherwise, the biggest red flag should have been the fact that the CIA director has AN AOL ACCOUNT.

Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

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I'm less concerned about the hacker, and more concerned that the Director of the CIA not only has an aol.com email account but also uses that account to transmit sensitive information. I'm not just saying this to be a jerk - this should be grounds for immediate termination of his employment. This is clearly a guy who shows poor judgement with respect to the management of sensitive material. Also, from the article: "[…

It's plain negligence. Unfortunately, in this political climate it's not favorable to punish a high-ranking government official over mishandling their emails, even if said email is used to transmit sensitive information.

Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

#23

A bit of a naive question but can someone answer this for me? To be a CIA Director, isn't it a requirement to have some sort of a technical background that way whoever is in the role is able to anticipate and always be a step head when it comes to these sort of problems?

Perhaps in some government that is run well, but the US government optimizes for political rewards over suitability for service at this level.

Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

#24

A bit of a naive question but can someone answer this for me? To be a CIA Director, isn't it a requirement to have some sort of a technical background that way whoever is in the role is able to anticipate and always be a step head when it comes to these sort of problems?

It seems you just have to put in a long career and know all the right people. It also seems that it's the NSA doing all the high-tech work now anyway.

Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

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post #12

I'm less concerned about the hacker, and more concerned that the Director of the CIA not only has an aol.com email account but also uses that account to transmit sensitive information. I'm not just saying this to be a jerk - this should be grounds for immediate termination of his employment. This is clearly a guy who shows poor judgement with respect to the management of sensitive material. Also, from the article: "[…

Some part of me hopes it was part of a disinformation campaign in the form of expected-levels-of-incompetence-leads-to-"hacked"-account.

However, the fact its expected levels of incompetence :/

Re: Teen says he hacked CIA director's AOL account

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Why do they keep referring to this guy as a "stoner"? What he smokes doesn't seem to be at all related to what he's done.

A bad reference to all these stories along the lines of "The Feds can't hire good hackers because they all have smoked weed" maybe?
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