How Safe are Government Computers?

Posted by Cliff on Monday March 29, 2004 @12:30PM from the a-soft-underbelly? dept.

KingOfBLASH asks: "Recently, when I was in the local City Court to protest a parking ticket, I noticed that all of the computers were running Windows (some as old as Windows 95!), and there were definitely network cables snaked around them. The City Hall suffers from the same affliction. Given that some of these computers have passed the End of Life for support, and there are a number of known exploits, how safe our government computers? What damage could be done if they were attacked?" It would be interesting to note if it's just local governments that may be running lower-than-expected tech or regional governments, as well. It would also be worthwhile to hear how governments outside the US compare to their American counterparts.

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Terrorist! by Ghotli · 2004-03-29 13:18 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Nice move. Somewhere deep in the dungeons of the White House, your name has just been added to Bush's big black book labeled 'terrorists'.

Everyone knows that speaking out against the government's insecurities are terrorist actions.

Does anyone but me think this terrorism scare is borderline mcarthyism?