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FBI E-Mail Server Breached
voma writes "The FBI said Friday it has shut down an e-mail system that it uses to communicate with the public because of a possible security breach. The bureau is investigating whether someone hacked into the www.fbi.gov e-mail system, which is run by a private company, officials said. 'We use these accounts to communicate with you folks, view internet sites, and conduct other non-sensitive bureau business such as sending out press releases,' Special Agent Steve Lazarus, the FBI's media coordinator in Atlanta, said in an e-mail describing the problem."
From netcraft: Linux Sun-ONE-Web-Server/6.1
The key phrases are run by a private company and We use these accounts to communicate with you folks, view internet sites, and conduct other non-sensitive bureau business such as sending out press releases.
I'm sure, like the NSA, that the FBI has (at least) two networks. One that is internal only for confidential/sensitive communication/files, and one for outside communication such as this one. At the NSA, they are completely seperate, with no ability to copy/move files from one to the other.
Saying Android is a family of phones is akin to saying Linux is a family of PCs.
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.fbi.g ov
says it is running Linux.
Perhaps that is why Slashdot didn't post the operating system in the summary.
Just because it CAN be done, doesn't mean it should!
A guy who used to work with me joined the FBI and got a "special agent" title right away. He also said everybody there was a "special agent", so maybe they just want to feel special.
Marcelo Vanzin