DHS Acknowledges Its Own Computer Break-Ins

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Guardian Unlimited (AP).

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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.

In one instance, hacker tools for stealing passwords and other files were
found on two internal Homeland Security computer systems. The agency's
headquarters sought forensic help from the department's own Security
Operations Center and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team it
operates with Carnegie Mellon University.

In other cases, computer workstations in the Coast Guard and the
Transportation Security Administration were infected with malicious
software detected trying to communicate with outsiders; laptops were
discovered missing; and agency Web sites suffered break-ins.

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Bennie
Thompson, D-Miss., said such problems undermine the government's efforts to
encourage companies and private organizations to improve cyber security.

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More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6722467,00.html

- - ferg

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