U.S. Dept. of Agriculture hacked

"Online thieves compromised systems at the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
stealing personal information on 26,000 employees in the Washington D.C.
area, including names, social security numbers and photos, the agency said
in a statement published Wednesday.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns told reporters during a press
conference that the incident took place during the first weekend in June
2006. Johanns indicated that the information stolen was used for employee,
contractor and media badges. The department will be giving one year of free
credit monitoring to help affected people detect possible identity theft."

http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/235?ref=rss

-- Imhotep


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Pass a Net Neutrality Law in the US!!!!

Save the Internet:
http://www.savetheinternet.com/

Its our net:
http://www.itsournet.org/

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imhotep

Bravo! And they are probably assisted by some consultants and other
"experts" - that are covered with gold and honours.

Ludovic Joly