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800 Break-ins at Dept. of Homeland Security

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-i-feel-safer-already dept.

WrongSizeGlass writes "Yahoo is reporting about the computer security nightmare going on at the Department of Homeland Security. Senior DHS officials admitted to Congress that over a two year period there were 800 hacker break-ins, virus outbreaks and in one instance, hacker tools for stealing passwords and other files were found on two internal Homeland Security computer systems. I guess it's true what they say ... a mechanic's car is always the last to get fixed."

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  1. I guess it's true what they say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    a mechanic's car is always the last to get fixed.

    What do they say about the vehicles of back-water, trailer park baptist Gestapo?

  2. Re:I'll only say... by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 0, Troll

    The DHS converts your tax dollars into government jobs. So far it has had a 100% success record.

    Remember when the Republicans used to be for smaller government? Maybe they'll create another "czar" for IT security. Can never have enough czars!

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  3. MICROSOFT. WINDOWS. MAKING. AMERICA. SAFER. by toby · · Score: 0, Troll

    At what point does McShit Winfuck get classified as a WMD?

    On the other hand, what do I care. Go ahead, keep using it.

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  4. Re:Homeland Security != Information Security by quarkscat · · Score: 1, Troll

    Not to quibble, but ... when DHS was being organized, a number of IT security experts went public to try to
    avert an IT security nightmare. They were rebuffed, and the DHS went ahead and spent over $6 Billion on
    Microsoft OSes and Apps. I cannot say how much more $$$ that DHS has spent with Microsoft since then.

    AFAI can tell, DHS is THE Imperial Oxymoron. Their idea of border security is getting people to volunteer
    all their pertinent info, and volunteer to respect that invisible line in the SW USA desert. Their idea of seaport
    security is to let someone else, like the foreign shipper, provide the security. The "war on terror" is going just
    about as well as the "war on drugs", the "war in Afghanistan", and the "war in Iraq". And with all the noises the
    Bush administration's aggprop (propaganda from the "Ministry of Truth"), we are getting ready to start yet
    another war in the Middle East, in Iran.