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Federal Computers Fail Hacker Test

Posted by timothy on from the an-f-for-the-department-of-education dept.

Nintendork writes: "An article by the Associated Press, published on CNN tells of the latest network security report cards earned by Federal agencies. The Department of Defense along with several others failed. I hope terrorists that pose physical threats don't have any script kiddies in their arsenal."

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  1. This is pointless by haruharaharu · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope terrorists that pose physical threats don't have any script kiddies in their arsenal

    So, Al Queda is going to deface the DOD's webpage? Who cares? The article mentioned the ever present password list taped to a computer, which would imply physical access. I doubt the average script kiddie has the social skills to get that.

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  2. Lets just hope it doesn't go down like this by redhotchil · · Score: 5, Funny

    ::strong arabian accent::

    Hello, sir, um, secretary, sir, um, could you, um, read the words taped onto your screen?

    "k5jd930d03DfA"

    Praise Allah!

    *click*

    1. Re:Lets just hope it doesn't go down like this by Trollificus · · Score: 1, Funny

      Or better yet, imagine the secretary getting an E-mail saying that AOL is running scans of it's IM network and needs every user to send their nuclear database passwords to x E-mail address.
      Hey, it's been done before!

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    2. Re:Lets just hope it doesn't go down like this by srvivn21 · · Score: 4, Funny
      From reading the article, it looks like this might be more accurate:


      ::strong arabian accent::

      Hello, sir, um, secretary, sir, um, could you, um, read the words taped onto your screen?

      "P-A-S-S-W-O-R-D"

      Praise Allah!

      *click*