[pchelpers] News:Homeland Security Cyber Attacks Probed

Monday, Sep. 24, 2007 By EILEEN SULLIVAN/AP 
(WASHINGTON) — A top homeland security lawmaker has called for an
investigation into possible cyber attacks on computer systems at the
Homeland Security Department.


Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said he believes Unisys Corp — the
company that holds the $1.7 billion contract to build parts of the
Homeland Security Department's computer network — is at fault for these
network break-ins. Thompson chairs the House Homeland Security committee
and asked the department's inspector general to investigate.

Thompson's investigation found that dozens of computers may have been
compromised by hackers, but the incidents were not noticed until months
after the attacks. Information taken from the department's systems was
sent to a Web service that connects to Chinese Internet sites, and
contractors gave misleading information to the department about the
attacks, according to Thompson's findings.

More here:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1664953,00.html
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