6.20.2007

Maybe we need a new Department of Homeland Security Security

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Homeland Security Department, the lead U.S. agency for fighting cyber threats, suffered more than 800 hacker break-ins, virus outbreaks and other computer security problems over two years, senior officials acknowledged to Congress....

The computer problems disclosed to the House Homeland Security subcommittee occurred during fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2006, and occurred at DHS headquarters and many of the department's agencies, including TSA, the Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Customs and Border Protection and others.
The department promises to work diligenty - diligently! - to get those darn computers to behave, starting with getting some expert computer security advice from...oh, wait...the Department of Homeland Security.

Come on, Bunky, quit giggling. This is serious.

Link: DHS Acknowledges Own Computer Break - Ins - New York Times

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