Blog Stage Two

On September 20, 2018, Securitytoday.com published an article by Jordan Lutke titled Government Website Vulnerability Exposes Over 14 Million Customer Records.

Our government is believed to have some of the strongest if not the strongest online security. A Texas based company named Securus Technologies took over Government payment services inc. This company was bashed for having a “lax security” and many Americans are fearful about their private information. Securus stated that no one was hacked according to their system, but the fear is still present. Most of us have government information stored in a database somewhere. Whether it’s in the IRS or simply your bank of choice. It’s important that our information is kept safe. This article proves that anyone is vulnerable to being hacked. This article is for those of us that are interested in government blunders. They happen more often than you think

https://securitytoday.com/articles/2018/09/20/government-website-vulnerability-exposes-over-14-million-customer-records.aspx?m=1

Participation Topic #1

An electronic direct democracy does sound enticing to the public; however, there are more cons than pros. Direct democracy is when the people have a say in any government decisions. That does sound great and there will without a doubt be support for that; especially if it can be done electronically. However, there are many problems that come when one goes online. A problem that comes first to my mind is the fear of hackers. If our own national government can get hacked then an electronic direct democracy is just as vulnerable.  (NYT) Another problem is bugs, people will click on a button voting for a side and the system may malfunction and vote for the other party. Furthermore, most of the general public has little interest in politics and is uneducated on our current political events. Therefore, most people would view the electronic direct democracy as just another website to post wild opinions on. I for one am against it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/us/office-of-personnel-management-hackers-got-data-of-millions.html