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“The Pega-built website was hacked from IP addresses in Russia during 2018 testing of census systems...One of the sources said an intruder bypassed a “firewall” and accessed parts of the system that should have been restricted to census developers.” reut.rs/2RkzKCI
“Three years later, the project faces serious reliability and security problems...And its projected cost has doubled to $167 million — about $40 million more than the bureau’s 2016 cost projection for building the site in-house.”
“One of the sources with direct knowledge of the hack involving Russian IP addresses described the internal Census Bureau reaction as a “panic.” The incidents prompted multiple meetings to address security concerns, said the two sources and a third census security source.”
Nope. Just an easier way to access and steal the data.
“The effort to move the census online aims to streamline the counting process, improve accuracy, and rein in cost increases as the population rises and survey response rates decline.”
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