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funkybutt

(3,333 posts)
Thu May 18, 2017, 12:41 AM May 2017

Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago

Source: ProPublica

This is “bad, very bad,” said Jeremiah Grossman, chief of Security Strategy for cybersecurity firm SentinelOne, when we described Mar-a-Lago’s systems. “I’d assume the data is already stolen and systems compromised.”


Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/any-half-decent-hacker-could-break-into-mar-a-lago



Just type in a random room number (in one case) and you're logged in. Story says that some of the systems are over 13 years old.
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Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago (Original Post) funkybutt May 2017 OP
He should just put Barron in charge of cyber security. TDale313 May 2017 #1
It's no longer a problem. Hasn't been for a while rpannier May 2017 #2
You're not wrong. TDale313 May 2017 #3
What are you talking about? Doreen May 2017 #4
Who cares if someone hacks into a resort's computers? former9thward May 2017 #5

rpannier

(24,329 posts)
2. It's no longer a problem. Hasn't been for a while
Thu May 18, 2017, 12:57 AM
May 2017

Russians already hacked it, they're in and keeping everyone else from hacking it
So, it's safe from some random hacker

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
4. What are you talking about?
Thu May 18, 2017, 01:43 AM
May 2017

They did not need to hack Mar-a-logo. Trump just told them everything. All they had to do was bring some McDonald's and he spilled it all over the six baskets of fries and ketchup.

former9thward

(32,017 posts)
5. Who cares if someone hacks into a resort's computers?
Thu May 18, 2017, 08:58 AM
May 2017

If this is a reference to the White House they use independent systems no matter where the president is at. They do not rely on infrastructure that is present. When a president is overseas do you really think they use the host country's computer systems?

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