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S.F. Admin Coughs Up Passcodes to Mayor

2008-07-23 14:30:00 by David Kravets in Wired Security
 
San Francisco regains control of its network after the city admin who hijacked the system nine days ago turns over the stolen passwords to Mayor Gavin Newsom in a secret jailhouse meeting
 
Tags: mayor gavin newsom, days ago, city admin, secret jailhouse, passwords, network, system
 
 
 
 
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San Francisco's mayor gets back keys to the network

2008-07-23 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the administrative passwords to the city's multimillion-dollar wide area network
 
Tags: network, administrative passwords, city, hand, wide
 
 
 
 
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D.C. Gun Ban Lifted - Thank You Supreme Court!

2008-06-27 02:23:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Mayor Fenty that he would have to honor the Supreme Court's decision, even though it is well known that the Mayor is a fierce opponent of allowing law abiding citizens to protect themselves and their loved ones with the aid of a firearm. Mayor Fenty was later qoted as saying; "More guns will mean more crimes Apparently the Mayor's flawed and...
 
Tags: mayor, mayor fenty, supreme court, virginia home, virginia, mayor acted, home, law, guns
 
 
 
 
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City of Minneola firefighters exposed on web

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2008-03-17 10:27:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Mayor of the Minneola says the personal addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers of ten firefighters were unknowingly made public after they were published on the city's website late last week Evan] Although this breach only affects 10 individuals, it should not be minimized or considered insignificant. One is too many The city...
 
Tags: city, city clerk error, city clerk, city firefighters, information, personal information, firefighters, city council, information act
 
 
 
 
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A downside to being a Billionaire

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2007-12-03 15:51:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...Mayor Bloomberg was victimized twice , almost simultaneously, by thieves trying to get at his multi-billion dollar wallet Check out Ed's post for the details, but let's take a quick look at what we can learn from these attacks. The first was a pretty standard check counterfeiting attack. Not much you can do about that. If someone gets a copy...
 
Tags: account, bank account, pretty standard check, check, nyc mayor bloomberg, bloomberg, mayor, bank, greener
 
 
 
 
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RNC

2008-09-04 11:34:05 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...mayor of New York City, former executives of eBay and HP, and an Alaskan neophyte pol who as mayor of a small town delivered $4,000 in federal pork for every man, woman, and child, in railing against coastal elites and Washington politics, while supporting a candidate who's been in the Senate for 26 years
 
Tags: massachusetts venture capitalist, alaskan neophyte pol, washington politics, bruce schneier, rnc, federal pork, drill, round-up, pretty tight
 
 
 
 
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The Ineffectiveness of Security Cameras

2008-04-07 13:33:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Mayor Gavin Newsom called the report "conclusively inconclusive" on Thursday but said he still wants to install more cameras around the city because they make residents feel safer That's right: the cameras aren't about security, they're about security theater. More comments on the general issue here
 
Tags: cameras, crime, average daily crime, security, crimes, feet, motor vehicle theft, forcible sex offenses, positive deterrent effect
 
 
 
 
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Dead, Dead, Dead: Cities Accept Muni-Fi's Absence

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2008-04-20 12:54:28 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...mayor's office, the reporter notes. I have to add "stucco" to the list of quotidian problems that tripped up metro-scale Wi-Fi. In many parts of the U.S., stucco isn't in a homeowner's vocabulary. But in large swaths of sunny states, especially the southwest and southern California, homes are finished by slapping plaster on chicken wire and...
 
Tags: wi-fi network, city-wide wi-fi network, city, oklahoma city, dollars, city manager, taxpayer dollars, reporter notes, balloon wood frames
 
 
 
 
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Can Azulstar Make WiMax Work without Buying Spectrum?

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2008-05-09 10:58:59 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...mayor of Grand Haven since 2003, Roger Bergman, told me, "I got on board personally right away, and I am still on Azulstar soon answered several RFPs and partnered up with major firms to bring Wi-Fi to Rio Rancho, N.M., Winston-Salem, N.C., Sacramento, Calif., and most notably Silicon Valley--a set of dozens of cities along with county...
 
Tags: azulstar, city-wide wi-fi, wi-fi, rio rancho voted, metro-scale wi-fi networks, rio rancho, forward, weeks ago, firm
 
 
 
 
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MetroFi Plans Market Exit: Sale or Shutter

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2008-05-15 21:47:12 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...mayor to retreat from the plan Is there a future for metro-scale Wi-Fi? Yes. With thoughtfully constructed, outdoor-focused deployments centered on municipal purposes, with public access a secondary issue, it seems like these networks could still provide an inexpensive way for relatively high bandwidth compared to the alternative of cell data...
 
Tags: metro-scale wi-fi, wi-fi, large-city wi-fi network, wi-fi providers, wi-fi network, york wi-fi plan, city, city dollars, super-fast wi-fi network