Looks like more trouble happening in our government: F.B.I. agents on Tuesday raided and temporarily shut down the offices of a small federal watchdog agency that is charged with protecting the rights of government whistle-blowers but has been accused of retaliating against whistle-blowers in its own ranks. The raid on the downtown Washington headquarters of […]
Here we go with the government run by the party of “small government” trying to expand their powers even more: FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday called on Internet service providers to record their customers’ online activities, a move that anticipates a fierce debate over privacy and law enforcement in Washington next year. “Terrorists coordinate […]
Finally we have a case of identity theft hit someone who might be able to do something: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid discovered this week he was the victim of identity theft after someone used his MasterCard number to charge about $2,000 at a Wal-Mart and other stores in Monroe, North Carolina. The Nevada Democrat […]
Another big breach in one of our government computers: For the second time in two weeks, Social Security numbers and other personal information of Navy personnel have been discovered on an Internet site, triggering an investigation. The Navy said Friday that information on more than 100,000 naval and Marine Corps aviators and aircrew was on […]
Working in the tech world, I always take quick interest in stories that involve cyber security. This is the main reason that I have been so outspoken on that recent rash of identity thefts, mainly from government computers. The icing on the cake was when we learned this week that a 28 year old consultant […]
Amongst all the problems with ID theft from government computers, we now find that even the FBI is not secure: 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. […]