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  1. 07-06-2006, 01:02 PM #1
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    FBI hacked

    Consultant Breached FBI's Computers

    A government consultant, using computer programs easily found on the Internet, managed to crack the FBI's classified computer system and gain the passwords of 38,000 employees, including that of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III.

    The break-ins, which occurred four times in 2004, gave the consultant access to records in the Witness Protection Program and details on counterespionage activity, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Washington. As a direct result, the bureau said it was forced to temporarily shut down its network and commit thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars to ensure no sensitive information was lost or misused.
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  2. 07-06-2006, 01:06 PM #2
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    Somehow this doesn't surprise me.
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  3. 07-06-2006, 01:09 PM #3
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    The IRS next please.
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    Oh man... more political fodder for the NSA to claim that they should be over those servers too... those people feud like the Hatfield and McCoys.

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  6. 07-06-2006, 02:59 PM #5
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    And again, probably all caused by not changing the default admin password. If you ask me, it's fodder for us to demand the NSA hire techs from the private sector.
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  7. 07-06-2006, 05:13 PM #6
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    what happened to background checks? shouldn't you be checking these people before you hire them
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  8. 07-06-2006, 10:06 PM #7
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    People change....

    Background checks for banking jobs go pretty far back but they can't go foreward.
    Most bank jobs are inside.... usually after 20 years of dedicated service
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