Comments on: Report: Hackers broke into FAA air traffic control systems

Breaches exposed sensitive employee data, forced the shutdown of part of a network, and could have allowed hackers to disrupt the agency's mission-support network, a government report says.

[renGek]

I'm sure everyone here is an IT expert and is saying to themselves "oh that would never happen to me" or "if I was in charge it would be different".

But everyone wants things fast, instantaneously and have it be magical. If you don't do any kind of IT security work don't even comment. If you don't do any kind of systems design, don't comment. If you don't know how illogical business politics and marketing is where they dictate your system do stupid things, don't comment. I've worked with plenty of people in the past who handcuffs you to a design that makes no sense technically but forces you implement it anyway.

Second, do you always believe every single word you read as true. The reporter might say critical but how exactly is it defined from his/her perspective. I've read lots of articles where its written one way but meant something completely different.

You want a safe network secure from hackers, destroy the internet. You can't stop super hackers. They will take whatever they want that is attached to a server.

[Someoneintheknow]

There have been some breaches of FAA administrative computer systems and servers. Those are unfortunate and the agency is fixing/has fixed those vulnerabilities. Please read this carefully: The breaches were of administrative computer systems, not operational systems involved in live air traffic control. Operational systems are not connected to the Internet. Operational systems are on closed networks.