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FAA Network Hacked

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the in-good-company dept.

coondoggie writes "The Federal Aviation Administration has joined the growing list of government agencies that have had their supposedly safe systems hacked. The agency this week notified about 45,000 employees that one of its servers was hacked into and employee personal identity information was stolen. The FAA was quick to say the server that was accessed was not connected to the operation of the air traffic control system or any other FAA operational system. It did say two of the 48 files on the breached computer server contained personal information about more than 45,000 FAA employees and retirees who were on the FAA's rolls as of the first week of February 2006."

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  1. Hacked? Or Cracked? by ZxCv · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If the readership and editors of /. can't seem to correctly grasp the difference between 'hacked' and 'cracked', how do we expect the mainstream press to ever come even close to getting it?

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  2. You forgot the links! by wiredog · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Teh Fatal Death Killer Remote Control Module of Deadly Doom.

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  3. Re:NOTE: This is NOT the ATC network by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't care. They can train out over unpopulated areas or in other countries or something. There is no reason I should be subjected to noise and environmental pollution over my own land for someone else's benefit with no compensation.

    If they want to fly over my land they should compensate me for the inconvenience.