this could be the result of too many crime movies, but...
perhaps you could suggest ways to your superiors that they can verify whether or not it was you. Tell them that it wasn't you, and explain the tech side of it: people ALWAYS fake MAC and ip addresses when they hack, they don't even need physical access to do it. Say that you would really like to review the evidence with them in more detail, and could they look for other corroborating evidence. Heck, if they actually got past the Treasury firewall, the Treasury probably has lots of information about the computer that did it. 1) if the hacker was dumb, it will be his REAL machine's info 2) if he was smart, he will have spoofed the info randomly. either way, it will not match your system. point out to your employer that your system was compromised immediately before these attacks, and encourage them to investigate that compromise.
i have one question though - if you KNEW that your sys was compromised, how did they get in to use it again? when i find out that i've been compromised, every password is changed, my firewall is restored from backup and my kernel is rebuilt from scratch! what were you THINKING about, in (apparently) not practicing your due diligence?
best of luck getting another tech job, mebbe you should just remove the old company from your resume entirely.
incredible... this one is worth a second read. every once in a while i get one of these articles, and they usually just spout cr*p about unsubstantiated theories, to catch the reader's attention... but this is a quality item!
The Texas jury's decision was that comics are a medium designed for kids, so selling pornographic comics in any proximity to kids (in this case, near an elementary school) is equivalent to peddling porn to minors. This fellow is liable EVEN THOUGH he sold the comic in a separate, adults-only section, and EVEN THOUGH he sold these comics only to adults.
THEREFORE:
1) the 7-11 up the street from my high school cannot sell playboy to adults.
2) pornographic movies or movies with sexual content cannot be screened, EVER, since movies are also a medium for kids.
3) throw TV in there too, no sexual content on TV, since TV is for kids!
4) because a significant portion of internet users are kids, pornography CANNOT be allowed on the internet.
Amazing what happens once you let the government dictate what is morally acceptable, isn't it?
On the one hand, the use of computers to consolidate information already available to law enforcement is inevitable. It's great that it's happening (relatively) in the open, where some (relatively) accountable people will be setting the regulations.
BUT just the fact that this sort of database EXISTS scares the hell outta me. realize that this will be the NUMBER ONE hack target in the world. Detailed information about every citizen and visitor of the United States, from their home address to their shopping habits. terrorists aren't the only ones who will be willing to pay out the *ss for this! And all it takes is ONE bribe-able officer. And we aren't just talking small, hundred thousand dollar bribes, either... many many people would pay in the hundreds of millions of dollars for access to this.
And to top it all off, the guy developing it has a suspicious history, and a tendency to volunteer himself for projects involving sensitive government information. But he's trustworthy, right? I hope they have a team of monkeys working around the clock to check for backdoors, 'cause I'D put one in if i was writing this system...
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this could be the result of too many crime movies, but... perhaps you could suggest ways to your superiors that they can verify whether or not it was you. Tell them that it wasn't you, and explain the tech side of it: people ALWAYS fake MAC and ip addresses when they hack, they don't even need physical access to do it. Say that you would really like to review the evidence with them in more detail, and could they look for other corroborating evidence. Heck, if they actually got past the Treasury firewall, the Treasury probably has lots of information about the computer that did it. 1) if the hacker was dumb, it will be his REAL machine's info 2) if he was smart, he will have spoofed the info randomly. either way, it will not match your system. point out to your employer that your system was compromised immediately before these attacks, and encourage them to investigate that compromise. i have one question though - if you KNEW that your sys was compromised, how did they get in to use it again? when i find out that i've been compromised, every password is changed, my firewall is restored from backup and my kernel is rebuilt from scratch! what were you THINKING about, in (apparently) not practicing your due diligence? best of luck getting another tech job, mebbe you should just remove the old company from your resume entirely.
incredible... this one is worth a second read. every once in a while i get one of these articles, and they usually just spout cr*p about unsubstantiated theories, to catch the reader's attention... but this is a quality item!
THEREFORE:
1) the 7-11 up the street from my high school cannot sell playboy to adults.
2) pornographic movies or movies with sexual content cannot be screened, EVER, since movies are also a medium for kids.
3) throw TV in there too, no sexual content on TV, since TV is for kids!
4) because a significant portion of internet users are kids, pornography CANNOT be allowed on the internet.
Amazing what happens once you let the government dictate what is morally acceptable, isn't it?
On the one hand, the use of computers to consolidate information already available to law enforcement is inevitable. It's great that it's happening (relatively) in the open, where some (relatively) accountable people will be setting the regulations. BUT just the fact that this sort of database EXISTS scares the hell outta me. realize that this will be the NUMBER ONE hack target in the world. Detailed information about every citizen and visitor of the United States, from their home address to their shopping habits. terrorists aren't the only ones who will be willing to pay out the *ss for this! And all it takes is ONE bribe-able officer. And we aren't just talking small, hundred thousand dollar bribes, either... many many people would pay in the hundreds of millions of dollars for access to this. And to top it all off, the guy developing it has a suspicious history, and a tendency to volunteer himself for projects involving sensitive government information. But he's trustworthy, right? I hope they have a team of monkeys working around the clock to check for backdoors, 'cause I'D put one in if i was writing this system...