Comments on: Customs Service computers shut down

By: The cover-up of Homeland Security’s virus infection - Homeland Stupidity

The cover-up of Homeland Security’s virus infection - Homeland Stupidity — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:24:42 +0000

[...] Last August a Windows virus infected over 1,300 computers which Customs and Border Protection uses to screen foreign travelers visiting the U.S. The bureau almost immediately tried to cover up the incident. [...]

By: Customs system left open to virus threat - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:02:18 +0000

[...] The Zotob virus attacked computers worldwide last August, causing failures for many news organizations, corporations and government agencies. One of the affected networks was the US-VISIT network, responsible for screening visitors to the U.S., which uses Windows 2000 workstations. On the evening of August 18, 2005, the system failed, and was restored in about six hours. Many thousands of visitors were delayed at airports and land crossings. [...]

By: Secret Service computer security sucks - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

Secret Service computer security sucks - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:12:39 +0000

[...] Government computer security, and government IT usage in general, has sucked for as long as the government has had computers. In the last few months, I let you know about problems with FEMA’s computer systems, a Customs and Border Protection computer snafu, the unsearchable Transportation Security Administration database, the occasionally missing in action Homeland Security web site, breaches of security at the Internal Revenue Service, and government computer security overall sucking. And I’ve barely been able to scratch the surface. Filed under: Homeland Stupidity [...]