California Hax0red

rochlin writes "200,000 California state workers burned! According to the Sacramento Bee, personal and financial info for 200,000 workers was accessed by a team of hackers "working secretly over the past several months." Stolen info included "the perfect mix of information to allow identity theft" according to the Sacramento Valley Hi Tech Task Force."

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Proof for an old principle

[browser_war_pow]

that has been true since the creation of the civil service if not longer. If you pay ~$15,000 to a worker to handle a $1.5B piece of equipment you need to reevaluate your spending priorities. Putting low paid workers in charge of such information considering the amount of civil and criminal liability the state now faces due to its incompetence is like putting guys with pocket knives as their only sidearm in charge of security at a nuclear power plant or the pentagon.

Would like to view source

[datastew]

The electronic assault on payroll and other records was discovered by the Sacramento Valley Hi Tech Task Force, which determined that none of the information has been used illegally so far.

I would sure like to see the direct quote which backs up this statement because it seem very presumptuous. Either the writer has misunderstood or the Sacramento Valley Hi Tech Task Force is dangerously overconfident.

Nobody here is upset at the system crackers?

[Jayson]

I see all these comments and jokes about the administrators of the systems, the software used, the wages of those who's data was comprimised. However, I do not see any comments condeming the actions of the thiefs.

These crooks are the people that give you a bad name. They are the criminals here. They are not to be ignored. If somebody breaks into your house, you go after the robber; you don't sit there and think that you should have encased your house in steel and had better locks.

Please, place the blame where it belong.