"It's corruption and cronies" is a generic cop-out answer that doesn't explain anything.

Like whenever someone gets caught in a compromising situation they say they "were hacked", as if saying that means anything.

Its a bit more nuanced than that. The company responsible for ensuring the cybersecurity of the system told the press that "they secured what the client told them to secure and it was not their job to tell the client what needs to be secured".

And I think it's a label that's used freely on Hacker News against Eastern Europeans