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Judge Disconnects Interior Dept., Again

Posted by timothy on from the just-like-texas-justice dept.

jeremycec writes "Evidently, nothing's been resolved since 2001, when this happened the first time. In these Memorandum Opinion and Preliminary Injunction documents from Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., we see how the court stepped in to pull the plug on a system, which, through its abject lack of due care, left someone's important financial information wide open to attackers. According to the former CIO of the Bureau of Indian Affairs: 'For all practical purposes, we have no security, we have no infrastructure, ... Our entire network has no firewalls on it. I don't like running a network that can be breached by a high school kid.' So, when the BIA could get no relief through Interior's IT Dept., it went to the courts. Source: Government Computer News "

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  1. Hey! by Sir+Haxalot · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should try one of those motherboards with fancy IDE encryption, that'll keep their data safe!

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  2. Wow... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 4, Funny
    "For all practical purposes, we have no security, we have no infrastructure, . . . . Our entire network has no firewalls on it.

    So, what's your IP? WoOt!

    1. Re:Wow... by BrynM · · Score: 4, Funny

      127.0.0.1
      Have at it :)

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    2. Re:Wow... by BMonger · · Score: 5, Funny

      That was easy to crack! After about 20 minutes I finally figured out that they have not only the same username as I do but the same password! After that it was so easy it felt like ~...

  3. Try a secure OS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should run on FreeLeonardPeltierBSD.

  4. The Current Administration: Security Through ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Stop asking questions about that! What are you, a terrorist? I think you should be indefinitely detained."

    I feel safer. And the chocolate rations have been increased to 5 units.

  5. Can somebody explain to me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...what the hell this article is about?
    Bureau of Indian Affairs - are these the people responsible for outsourcing IT jobs to India?