Judge Disconnects Interior Dept., Again

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Judge Disconnects Interior Dept., Again

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 30, 2003 @07:37AM 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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First post? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 07:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Insert witty comment here.
fp by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 07:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

whoohoo
hrm by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 07:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Anyone else notice the link for "Dev Tools DevChannel" in the "Related Links" box?

Odd.
And Jesus said... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 07:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"What?"
from the just-like-texas-justice dept. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 07:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

from the just-like-texas-justice dept.

i wish some judge would disconnect their chair.
OMG by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 07:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That sounds so gay!!

OKAY
TESTING by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 07:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Test - please ignore this post.

TESTES, TESTES, 1, 2, 3
In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 07:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Interior Dept Disconnects Judge
YOU TOTALLY FAILED TO IGNORE IT by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 07:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

YHL
Re:Good. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 08:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Ah, Mr. Joyce, another Interesting/Insightful comment. Where did you copy this one from?
Re:Mod parent up funny! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 08:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic

heh, i'm not from the gnaa, but that's for your quick response. sorry I couldn't be from the gnaa so you could add fire to your historically tremendous cause. :(
Re:Mod parent up funny! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 08:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Do not mock my causes nor my motives! My motives are pure as the morning air!

Wait..?

You're not from the GNAA?! Then who are you? Why would you want to be so mean to me if you're not from the GNAA?! WHY?! WHY?! WHY?!

(head explodes)
Re:Good. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 08:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

No one's trying to sully your reputation. You're doing a fine job of that yourself. Everyone knows what you're up to.
DO NOT MODERATE THIS UP - KNOWN TROLL by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 08:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This guy copies his stuff from other websites.. Notice how nothing in his post relates directly to the story, but manages to be on topic because he talks about "Security" vaguely.
Re:Mod parent up funny! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-30 09:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

When you say this is funny, you really mean that's it's making you angry as hell. This is all starting to get under your skin, isn't it? James AA Joyce to self-destruct in 3...2...1...
A slight correction. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-31 01:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic

The trolls know what I'm up to. The rest of Slashdot doesn't seem to realise that I'm just a karma whore.