Re: U.S. Attorney's office tells employees not to log on to Drudge Report

[Dave Dennis <dmd () speakeasy org>]

On Fri, 15 May 2009, Larry Seltzer wrote:

> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22574.html
>
>
>
> "Asked why the conservative-leaning news aggregator and President Barack
> Obama critic was flagged by Internet security officials, Tracy Schmaler,
> a Department of Justice
> <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22508.html>  spokeswoman,
> said it was because "a malicious code was found contained in a Web ad on
> Drudge.""

We know about malware on Drudges ad network since 3 weeks ago.  Infected one of
our senior network engineers.  Reported it to Drudge, reimaged the laptop.

Didn't run to the media with it though.




> How come only the DOJ knows about this and nobody else?
>
>
>
> Larry Seltzer
> Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
>
> larry_seltzer () ziffdavis com
>
> http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
> <http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/>

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