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U.S. Interior Dept. Unplugged... Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-there-a-sysadmin-in-the-house? dept.

IO ERROR writes "The U.S. District Court ordered the Department of Interior to take all its systems offline for the third time, saying that its systems were too insecure to be left open. Among the systems to go offline are those that process payments owed to American Indians and Internet access in schools on Indian reservations. DOI employees cannot use the Web or send or receive e-mail."

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  1. Re:"Larry, Moe & Curly Consulting" by DR+SoB · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You really have no idea what your talking about. Insightful like an ass. "Even online banking webservers are 'throughouly' isolated from core banking systems", then how exactly do they update your bank account?? Your one of those bozo's that says "I'll never use my credit card online", ummm, moron, a good 40% of retailers use the INTERNET to connect to the bank, or connect there stores to a central service point. Also, MANY _BANKS_ use the internet for "settlement" purposes, online commerce, etc. Not to mention a number of "private" networks use the internet as a backbone. Not to mention credit bureau's, the BMV (or DMZ depending on your state), etc. etc.. Stop spreading your FUD

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