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2005 a Bad Year For Security

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the feels-good-to-be-gangsta dept.

Greyfox writes "According to CNN, 2005 was a record year for security breaches, with cybercrime netting an estimated $105 billion and the Department of Homeland Security getting its cybersecurity budget cut 7%, to $16 Million. Apparently the government, just like private industry, doesn't pay attention to security until something bad happens to it."

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  1. Re:Alternatively... by grumpygrodyguy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Good to know someone else feels the same. I thought I was the only one insane (or is it really SANE!?) enough to believe that.

    I agree with you guys. Even if there was no 'conspiracy', they shamelessly capitalized on 9/11 and continue to do the things mentioned by the grandparent poster. Bush getting reelected was the most heartbreaking political event of my life (so far).

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    The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. -Chomsky