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Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches [message #339773]

Sun, 19 March 2017 15:31

Anne & Lynn Wheel
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long winded thread
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bit.listserv.ibm-mai n/c8GmWBcxF4E
over in ibm mainframe mailing list
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bit.listserv.ibm-mai n

about this computerworld article

Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3181809/government-it/c obol-plays-major-role-in-us-government-breaches.html

my archived posts
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2017c.html#60 [EXTERNAL] ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2017c.html#61 [EXTERNAL] ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches

possibly reference computerworld article is misdirection and obfuscation
.... including reference to OPM hack ... however there is a lot of
private equity acquiring beltway bandits and helping account for
enormous increasing in gov. outsourcing to for-profit companies ... they
can be under intensive pressure from their private-equity owners to cut
corners, increasing funds for for their owners ... contributing to
the rapidly spreading "success of failure" culture:
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2007/04 /the-success-of-failure/24107/

in intelligence, 70% of budget and over half the people (the 90s CEO of
IBM leaves and becomes head of large private-equity company that
acquires the beltway bandit that will employe Snowden)
http://www.investingdaily.com/17693/spies-like-us

Some on OPM contractor and its private-equity owner
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/06/24/opm-contractor -veritas/
https://fcw.com/articles/2015/06/24/house-oversight-opm.aspx

companies involved in private-equity mill account for over half of
corporate defaults
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/business/economy/05simmons .html?_r=0

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Re: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches [message #339897 is a reply to message #339773]

Mon, 20 March 2017 21:09

Anne & Lynn Wheel
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re:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2017c.html#60 [EXTERNAL] ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2017c.html#61 [EXTERNAL] ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2017c.html#67 Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2017c.html#69 ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2017c.html#70 ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2017c.html#71 ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2017c.html#75 ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches

latest in the theme

Why does WikiLeaks keep publishing U.S. state secrets? Private
contractors. By outsourcing key intelligence work, the government has
made classified material more vulnerable.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/16/ the-reason-wikileaks-receives-so-many-u-s-state-secrets-priv ate-contractors/

The crux of the problem may be privatized intelligence itself. That's
the view of veteran intelligence reporter Edward Epstein in his
contentious but informative new book, "How America Lost Its Secrets."

.... snip ...

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