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New York Times Taunts Long Island Effort, E-Path

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2008-04-15 10:53:58 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...taxpayer dollars will be spent The money grafs in this article: "No tax dollars, no risk, no problem. Now it looks like no wi-fi, either As I, Craig Settles, Esme Vos, Craig Plunkett (a local wireless provider), your crazy uncle, and John McCain could probably have all told you (and many of us did), a $150m network from a firm that hasn't...
 
Tags: logo taxpayer dollars, taxpayer dollars, times, fewer taxpayer dollars, logo, dollars, wi-fi, wi-fi network, times editorial board
 
 
 
 
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MBTA Hack - Is it really this easy?

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2008-08-15 13:19:29 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
...taxpayer money and refitting an insecure, ill-designed system costs the Massachusetts taxpayer money. [Disclosure: I am a Massachusetts taxpayer It should be a requirement that the current system or the (hopefully) upgraded system be tested by an independent organization that specializes in cryptosystems. If the independent testing uncovers...
 
Tags: massachusetts taxpayer, taxpayer, system, fraud detection system, system costs, public system, massachusetts taxpayer money, charlieticket system, charlieticket
 
 
 
 
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MBTA Hack: Is It Really This Easy?

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2008-08-15 13:19:29 by Chris Wysopal in Zero in a bit
...taxpayer money and refitting an insecure, ill-designed system costs the Massachusetts taxpayer money. [Disclosure: I am a Massachusetts taxpayer It should be a requirement that the current system or the (hopefully) upgraded system be tested by an independent organization that specializes in cryptosystems. If the independent testing uncovers...
 
Tags: massachusetts taxpayer, taxpayer, system, fraud detection system, system costs, public system, massachusetts taxpayer money, charlieticket system, charlieticket
 
 
 
 
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Another Wisconsin mailing exposes Social Security numbers

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2008-01-15 13:32:24 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...taxpayer that may be affected You may be affected if all the following apply You itemized your deductions AND received a 2006 Wisconsin income tax refund. The forms at risk were sent to the following communities with a postmark of January 2, 2008: Freedom, Kaukauna, Keshena, Kimberly, Krakow, Lakewood, Lena, Little Chute, Little Suamico, and...
 
Tags: security, taxpayers, taxpayers social security, social security, wisconsin, credit bureau, credit, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Some IPFW students exposed through malware

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2007-11-29 13:26:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Taxpayer Identification numbers Breach Description IPFW announced that personal information pertaining to certain current and former students may have been accessed through an unauthorized installation of unspecified malicious software. This breach primarily affects international students of the school Reference URL Purdue University...
 
Tags: purdue university, university, information, personal information, university department, university fort wayne, computer, vulnerable information, students
 
 
 
 
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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
...taxpayer dollars." Of course, as I've noted before, the idea with a wireless network should be to both conserve expenses and reduce them. "Taxpayer dollars" is a shibboleth of those who believe government can solve no ills. Those who believe that are typically also fine with government overspending by paying large companies as private...
 
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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A coward exposes personal information on 40% of Chileans

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2008-05-16 13:56:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...taxpayer identification numbers Breach Description An anonymous hacker has posted personal data about 6 million Chilean residents on the Internet, highlighting wider privacy problems in the country. The data was posted early Saturday morning on Fayerwayer.com, a popular Chilean technology blog Reference URL Fayerwayer.com Alert ABC News The...
 
Tags: personal, information, chilean residents, residents, poor data protection, data protection, personal data, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Admins , Good Guys or "I am NOT an Idiot!"

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2008-07-29 15:19:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...taxpayer funded, does not change it Am I "anti-admin" for saying that admins should not run the business? Am I "anti-admin" for saying controls (at least logging/auditing) on administrator activities are needed? You call it "anti-admin", I call it common sense!! Pray tell me, what makes admins float above accountability, control and IT...
 
Tags: terry childs, childs, guys, admins, terry childs story, bad boss, boss, underneath management, management
 
 
 
 
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Report: IRS information security still poor

2008-01-08 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service continues to have "pervasive" information security weaknesses that put taxpayer information at risk, and it has made limited progress in fixing dozens of problems the U.S. Government Accountability Office has previously identified, according to a GAO report released Tuesday
 
Tags: information security weaknesses, government accountability office, gao report, taxpayer information, progress, pervasive, tuesday, previously, dozens
 
 
 
 
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House committee issues report and finds fault with TSA web site

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2008-01-15 09:35:53 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...taxpayer, I am miffed Commentary The investigation and report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is excellent. A very good read Interesting, from the TSA Privacy FAQs Question : How can TSA ensure the security of personal information it collects Answer : TSA takes a number of steps to ensure the security of personal...
 
Tags: tsa, website, website contract,