Slashdot Mirror
Compromised Government and Military Sites For Sale
Khopesh writes "Imperva blogged today about the sale of compromised .gov, .mil, and .edu sites, illustrating that cyber-criminals are getting bolder. Krebs on Security has an unredacted view of the site list. Perhaps the biggest threat is yet to come; if an industrious criminal can break into top government and military sites, so too can government-backed teams, proving that GhostNet and Stuxnet are just the beginning."
Selling off control of government and military websites is all part of the new Republican program to shrink the government and balance the budget.
A slashdotter who didn't build his own computer is like a Jedi who didn't build his own lightsaber.
More then half of those listed are from other countries are not not all US .gov and .mil sites.
Yeah well my state is listed (http://www.utah.gov/) with full site admin control, so I guarantee a bunch of my info is up for sale. It's probably because the state government here usually pays it's workers poorly, and I'm sure that goes for their IT people, so most likely you aren't getting the best candidates.
It's the Republican's philosophy at work: pay the absolute bare fucking minimum no matter the cost.
Look where all this talking got us, baby.