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McDermott: Governor’s take on security breach shows who’s the real ‘enemy of the people’ | Kevin McDermott

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This was, in fact, a “freely available” website, with no “permission” needed to access it.

• “This individual [was] acting against a state agency to compromise teachers’ personal information in an attempt to embarrass the state and sell headlines for their news outlet.”

Renaud made clear in his story that he stumbled upon the Social Security numbers while looking for a way to aggregate public teacher certification data. There was no ill intent.

Which brings us to a significant and inexcusable omission: Parson knew that the warning from Renaud was the only reason the administration even learned it was putting teachers at risk. Yet Parson made no mention of that in his press conference.

Parson vowed that “we will not let this crime against Missouri teachers go unpunished.” Parson knows perfectly well there wasn’t any “crime” here.

Only Parson knows why he decided to misrepresent this episode to the public. But it’s worth noting that a PAC that supports him was using those misrepresentations in a fundraising appeal last week.

To review: More than 100,000 teachers were at risk from a security flaw in a state website. A journalist discovered that risk, alerted the state, and even gave the state time to fix the problem before publishing the story. Now Parson is focused not on figuring out who screwed this up, but on persecuting the journalist who revealed the screwup.

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McDermott: Governor’s take on security breach show who’s the real ‘enemy of the people’ | Kevin McDermott

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This was, in fact, a “freely available” website, with no “permission” needed to access it.

• “This individual [was] acting against a state agency to compromise teachers’ personal information in an attempt to embarrass the state and sell headlines for their news outlet.”

Renaud made clear in his story that he stumbled upon the Social Security numbers while looking for a way to aggregate public teacher certification data. There was no ill intent.

Which brings us to a significant and inexcusable omission: Parson knew that the warning from Renaud was the only reason the administration even learned it was putting teachers at risk. Yet Parson made no mention of that in his press conference.

Parson vowed that “we will not let this crime against Missouri teachers go unpunished.” Parson knows perfectly well there wasn’t any “crime” here.

Only Parson knows why he decided to misrepresent this episode to the public. But it’s worth noting that a PAC that supports him was using those misrepresentations in a fundraising appeal last week.

To review: More than 100,000 teachers were at risk from a security flaw in a state website. A journalist discovered that risk, alerted the state, and even gave the state time to fix the problem before publishing the story. Now Parson is focused not on figuring out who screwed this up, but on persecuting the journalist who revealed the screwup.

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Who’s on top? The US-European struggle for internet leadership

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The new, U.S./EU Trade & Technology Council’s (TTC) first meeting in Pittsburgh in late September highlighted the differences between Europe and the United States on how governments should approach the internet. Broadly, the U.S. and Europe have offered different perspectives over the rules of the road for the internet for decades, and — combined with the Chinese-Russian highly nationalist model — offer three alternate pathways for the future of the internet. Most other countries, the internet and computer industries, and billions of users around the world are watching to see who’s on top.

Although trade, R&D and climate policies are also important parts of the TTC’s mandate, there are numerous other venues for US-EU talks on these three topics, suggesting that the real purpose of the TTC is how to manage the internet. While internet policies are only one piece of a much larger, increasingly tense, European-American relationship, the struggle over control of the internet has its own history, and — because of the internet’s impact on society, trade, security, and national politics — internet policy may have now become the single most important feature of the transatlantic relationship.

To understand the different perspectives, one must begin a few decades ago.

The third perspective on internet governance — the highly nationalistic one pursued by China, Russia and around a dozen other countries — for brevity’s sake, will not be addressed here. But it provides an important, third approach to internet governance.

By the mid-1990s, many European leaders recognized that the era of free-standing, unconnected computers was ending and that, in the future, networked computers would be a globally-dominant industry, as the aerospace, entertainment and the mainframe computer industries had been: Whoever housed and controlled the coming networked computing industry would hold the high ground in guiding and perhaps controlling the world’s economy, security and culture.

Many Europeans were determined to not let Americans dominate yet another controlling industry, but, at the time, it was not clear whether private networks, like France’s Minitel, or open networks, like…

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Who’s hiring in Pittsburgh? Arconic, Koppers, Pittsburgh Technical College and more — 7/26/21

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IT and Engineering

Arconic is looking for a Cyber Security Project Specialist to provide support for cybersecurity initiatives, projects and ongoing activities as a member of the company’s information security team.

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. seeks a Senior Electrical Designer to design state-of-the-art manufacturing, oil and gas, water treatment and power facilities.


Human Resources

Koppers has an opening for a Human Resources Business Partner to align business objectives with employees and management in designated business units.

Nonprofit

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust seeks a Manager of School and Community Programs to work with teachers, school districts, teaching artists and partners to implement arts integration residencies and workshops serving local school districts and community organizations.

Sweetwater Center for the Arts is hiring a Manager of Education Programs to oversee education and outreach programming, assists with program marketing and evaluation, manage budgets, supplies and equipment and more.

Facilities


Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy seeks a Mellon Square Visitor Experience Associate to perform routine, heavy custodial and labor-related tasks including cleaning and ensuring proper maintenance throughout facilities, security patrol, assisting with special events and performing seasonal duties.

Marketing and Communications

WESCO Distribution is looking for a Senior Marketing Specialist – Event Planning to oversee marketing programs, promote the company’s products and services, develop marketing content, explore sales channels and coordinate involvement in conferences, exhibitions and marketing seminars.

Higher Education

Pittsburgh Technical College seeks a Director of Counseling and Support Services to establish the college’s first Office of Counseling and Health and Wellness to support the learning and health needs of a diverse community of students.

Finance and Business

Howmet Aerospace is hiring…

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