Week 11 Posting - Even the Big Boys Get Hacked

 I learned that even people working for the US State Department fell victim to hacks in 2021, which led to hackers gaining access to government emails. It's wild that even people who work in such an essential position in the government can still fall victim to attacks like the ones there. It shows that people will always be people and serve as the weakest link in any security system. They didn't even know they were already compromised for months before the attack. When the hackers decided to activate the spyware, which did not require further input from the state employees, it was already too late to prevent anything. This must have been an embarrassing lesson learned. The separation of personal devices from work devices must be followed, and there must be restrictions on using personal devices to access any work-related material. Separating the work from the personnel could have saved many from this situation.