[pchelpers] News:Homeland Security Battered by Hackers

Michael Hoffman & Kristopher Kubicki  - June 22, 2007 7:43 AM
The Department of Homeland Security continues to have major security
issues

A group of hackers successfully penetrated Department of Homeland
Security computer systems over a series of hundreds of attacks,
according to a congressional panel.  Congress admitted the branch
suffered at least 844 hacker break-ins, virus and trojan outbreaks and
other security issues over a period of two years -- many of which
resulted in rootkits, backdoors and key loggers.

"It was a shock and a disappointment to learn that the Department of
Homeland Security -- the agency charged with being the lead in our
national cybersecurity -- has suffered so many significant security
problems on its networks," said Representative James Langevin during the
hearing.

More here:
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7775
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