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Originally Posted by AlecMataloni
What knocked it down was BAD engineering. The loophole that allowed a smartphone, PC, or anything with a WiFi connection to intentionally or unintentionally disrupt a system that should have been rock solid, knocked it down. An organization that seeks legitimacy in the mainstream fell victim to a stupid mistake.
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This is very much over critical of FIRST and the job they did with the FMS. Keep in mind, the bug was actually from a vendor-provided firmware update, not something FIRST developed on its own.
Companies fall victim to situations like this all the time. In FIRST's case, it results in a disrupted competition. For other companies, it results in stolen consumer credit card information, a hacked website that installs a virus or trojan on consumers computers, a defaced website in general, or any number of other "bad" things. No company is immune from outside attacks... why should FIRST be any different?