<story><title>FBI Says a Mysterious Hacking Group Has Had Access to US Govt Files for Years</title><url>https://motherboard.vice.com/read/fbi-flash-alert-hacking-group-has-had-access-to-us-govt-files-for-years?utm_source=mbtwitter</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>actsasbuffoon</author><text>All the more reason why the US government shouldn&amp;#x27;t be running mass surveillance programs. You may trust the US government with your data, but what if they can&amp;#x27;t protect your data once they&amp;#x27;ve obtained it?&lt;p&gt;Do you trust the Chinese government with your personal information? How about organized crime groups with the resources to hire expert black-hats?&lt;p&gt;We&amp;#x27;re talking about people who haven&amp;#x27;t done anything wrong, and aren&amp;#x27;t suspected of any wrongdoing. Innocent people are having private data gathered without their consent (and arguably in violation of the constitution) by people who have had a series of embarrassing security blunders in recent years.&lt;p&gt;You might argue that the NSA has tighter security standards than the OPM and whichever departments were compromised in this attack. In response to that, I&amp;#x27;d point out that Edward Snowden was only a contracter, and shouldn&amp;#x27;t have had access to the information he leaked to the press. Clearly security wasn&amp;#x27;t that great at the NSA.</text></comment>
<story><title>FBI Says a Mysterious Hacking Group Has Had Access to US Govt Files for Years</title><url>https://motherboard.vice.com/read/fbi-flash-alert-hacking-group-has-had-access-to-us-govt-files-for-years?utm_source=mbtwitter</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hackuser</author><text>Is the government or anyone else trying to develop secure systems? I don&amp;#x27;t mean stock technology (Intel&amp;#x2F;Arm + Windows&amp;#x2F;*nix&amp;#x2F;etc.) retrofitted or &amp;#x27;locked down&amp;#x27;, I mean new tech built from the ground up for high security.&lt;p&gt;Given the exceptionally high value to foreign governents (and other actors) of breaking into US government computers, the latter approach seems like the only potential option. The stock tech just can&amp;#x27;t be secured effectively enough, IMHO.&lt;p&gt;----&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Answering my own question to a degree, here are presentations on High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems (HACMS), which apparently utilize seL4:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cyber.umd.edu&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;default&amp;#x2F;files&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;symposium&amp;#x2F;fisher-HACMS-MD.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cyber.umd.edu&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;default&amp;#x2F;files&amp;#x2F;documents&amp;#x2F;sympo...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=YqRdbgRPYw8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=YqRdbgRPYw8&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>