10.08.2006

Got a few aches and pains there, Bunky?

Just delete 'em.
In a new report, the investigators, from the Government Accountability Office, said “key information security controls were missing” from a huge communication network used by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

As a result, they said, sensitive, personally identifiable information “could be improperly modified, disclosed or deleted.”
Right. Another one. No big data spills yet, they say, although - see, it's like this - if they have had one they wouldn't know. No way to tell. Right.

And - how many times do we have to talk about this, Bunky, how many times -
The potential for unauthorized users to gain access to the agency’s computers because of a lack of strict password controls. Passwords are often so simple that outsiders can guess them.
Right.

(Read more at NYTimes.)

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