http://reason.com/archives/2017/12/21/warrens-regulatory-expansion-is-wrong-an/amp Quote: "Equifax fell victim to an unpatched vulnerability installed by a CONTRACTOR, and now a politician is exploiting the issue to increase government control over an industry." Anybody know about this? Is this accurate? Was it actually contractor?
Why do you ask? Would you ask if it happened to be a black, Hispanic, or woman? IIRC Equifax Security head was already mocked for being a female arts major? An automated security scanner would have been the right approach to curb incidents like Equifax hack. Not blaming whoever caused it.
Would I ask what... If it happened to be a black, Hispanic or woman?? .. If that person is h1b? Yes I would because I wouldn't give two fucks what the race or gender of the individual is. Whether it was H1B is highly relevant. Why? Because we all know that h1b contractors are often hired on because they are CHEAP and COMPLIANT. So... Was this "contactor" (if that's even accurate) being paid 60k and working 55 hours a week? If it was the case that a cheap and compliant bodyshop contractor was being over worked and under paid.... How is that NOT relevant?
I want to understand different characteristics of racists. Tell us about yourself. What team do you work on at Oracle. Which college, major, CPI. Male or female? Height, Dicksize/bra size?
Yeah I'm also curious why it would matter. If they had a green card and not H1B would that be relevant to you? What if it was an overseas contractor who patched systems remotely from the Philippines, would that matter? I'm curious to know more details around the contractor too, including how much supervision the contractor had by the company, but I'm really struggling to understand what about H1-B visa status would sway my perspective about this breach, who to blame for it, or what the right response should be.
Whether it was H1B is highly relevant. Why? Because we all know that h1b contractors are often hired on because they are CHEAP and COMPLIANT. So... Was this "contactor" (if that's even accurate) being paid 60k and working 55 hours a week? If it was the case that a cheap and compliant bodyshop contractor was being over worked and under paid.... How is that NOT relevant? Somebody who is overworked will make more mistakes. Add on top of that a low salary would reduce the motivation of the individual to make sure the job is always done right.
I know what you’re doing OP. Not subtle enough but decent job. The issue is lack of control and process not the h1b however. PS vote trump as if your job depends on it. It does.
It doesn't matter. The fact that any one person would be able to do this proves incompetence / gross negligence
Contractor != H1B. There are US citizen contractors too. Snowden was a contractor.
Yes, I know. But a huge number of contractors are H1B.
You’re answering the wrong question. OP is afraid, and you’re trying to answer with logic. He’s not going to hear you. Just stop. Only reason I’m here is to hide out from my bad touch uncles from Wisconsin.
the fuck does it matter? the entire company is a bunch of retarded lying motherfuckers who covered it up, lied about it multiple times, tried to trick people into waiving liability and the list goes on seriously, you have to be equifax stupid to believe in news like this
Op is afraid for his job. You’re trying logic in face of existential fear. See above n
Y’all talk like you’ve never worked in software. How many times did important issues get blocked by management or solid architecture gets side swept because it didn’t fit into someone’s empire building strategy? I’ve been in this industry for 20 years and it’s the same story everywhere
When I see an important issue and nothing happening about it, I tell my manager, then I tell his manager, and then his manager. So far I've never come across an issue requiring me to go 4 or more levels up.
Exactly. Now imagine doing that in a stuffy financial or government institution that’s firmly stuck in the 50s. Will take at least a year of constant roadblocks, at least 2-3threats of dismissal and god knows what else. Eventually you’ll either become a whistleblower and be hated or just give up.
How about asking the same question to Apple ? Is the engineer responsible for blank password root account creation, a contractor too? If not, can we blame all FTE's? What about Yahoo's various mishaps? Do was responsible for installing backdoor for govt to siphon data? Who were responsible for the massive hack of hundreds of millions of accounts?
Step 1: Blame the immigrants.
No. I'm just trying to find the truth. Whatever it is. But we all know that companies like equifax make heavy use of contractors.... So it seems pretty rational to ask if the employee that was responsible for installing the patch was H1B.
Why stop there? Ask if he is male or female. Also ask if he is Muslim. Ask about the sexual preferences. /s