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America's 2020 Census systems are a $15bn cyber-security tire fire

I think the governments have to know how and how much they have to pay for they protect them and in security field bcoz the world going be smarter than before and it mean the attack vectors growing and threats getting very very much more then we need to have great plan to protect us and it need more cost.

 

 

Analysis In 2020, America will run its once-a-decade national census, but the results may not reflect reality if hackers manage to have their way.

On Tuesday, the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard that the 2020 census will be the first to make extensive use of electronic equipment. For example, census workers will be given tablets to interview people who can't be bothered filling in and sending back their forms.

Crucially, the US Census Bureau must patch vulnerabilities and install strong defenses in the computer systems it has set up to find and tabulate American citizens. With less than three years to go, a little more hustle in that department is needed, it seems.

 

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Source :https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/01/us_2020_census_insecure/

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