The fact that the governor will probably face no repercussions from this sickens me. It's bad enough that our elected officials aren't capable of grasping basic tech concepts but this stinks of a coverup or at a minimum shifting the blame from his own office who was responsible for the data leak (for a decade!!!).
You don't find it suspicious that the governor's office directly oversaw the group that made the mistake and then were so quick to point at the reporter as the one responsible? I sure do and the governor's office clearly doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt in this case.
No, it's a bureaucracy. Bureaucracies are dumb by default, but very effective at seeking representation. The other side of that is subject matter expertise, otherwise called a technocracy. A functioning government needs bureaucrats in charge with technocrats that report to them; this forces a balance of the efficacy of a technocracy while avoiding the inherent marginalization technocrats are prone to. To me, it sounds like the guy is a bureaucrat who surrounded himself with other bureaucrats rather than SMEs. Something needs to change for sure, but I don't think it rises to the level of conspiracy that folks are brooding about.
Edit: Most of this take is based on my experience in the military in both highly bureaucratic organization as well as very dynamic organizations that had differing structure.
