Lockheed Martin's Criminal Negligence

Contributor: "YYC"

My upstart brother (I know he's going to ask if that makes our other brother the "downstart" one, and I'm surprised to discover that "downstart" is a real word) sent me this link thinking I might be interested in it. Does he have my number or what?

Lockheed Martin's Hack Attack

Lockheed Martin has claimed, and the US Department of Defense has confirmed, that the megalithic defense contractor has suffered a "cyber incident." ... If this private corporation really is bestowed with such a grave responsibility and it was incompetent enough to put sensitive information and systems onto the public Internet, it should immediately have such responsibilities stripped away and perhaps undergo a vigorous investigation in regards to its criminal negligence in handling sensitive state secrets.

You should probably have thought twice about sending in your completed census form.

Until recently I had forgotten that my original complaint about Lockheed Martin being involved in our census was that they are war profiteers and our government is forking over millions of tax dollars to them, so that anti-war Canadians are indirectly supporting the military/industrial complex against their will and conscience.

The privacy issue is secondary, or should be. Still, it's probably the best incentive for most Canadians to avoid the census like the plague.