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Old 01-16-11, 02:52 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike View Post
Again simple countermeasures...

Facilities to code new patches are not linked to the outside world. Personnel are searched for items such as thumb drives and CDs and have those confiscated and checked.

All software engineers work in randomly assigned pairs each day, each software engineer has access to each others code to insure one is not adding malicious code to the patch.

Patch disks are formatted and burned in triple redundancy on separate systems then sealed in their shipping box before leaving the facility. Before installation the disks are checked for consistency between the three.
you just gave me an idea!
its quite possible that it was a mossad agent plugging in the usb drive in the first place
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