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FAA Hacked- 45,000 At Risk For Identity Theft

blogs.zdnet.com — A computer breach at the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has led to the theft of personal information on more than 45,000 employees and retirees, the agency confirmed this week. All told, the FAA said the hackers hijacked 48 files. Luckily the server was not connected to the Air Traffic Control Center...

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  • uoitbug, on 03/07/2009, -1/+63QUICK.. get Jack Bauer
  • tavallai, on 03/06/2009, -8/+56I hope whomever got this puts all these people on the TSA no-fly list.
  • TheSabre, on 03/07/2009, -1/+31Where did the article say anything about Windows? The government uses a lot of different operating systems on computers and servers, including Linux, OS X, an Solaris.
  • kamisama, on 03/07/2009, -2/+27A not properly setup Linux/unix system or mac is equally as easy to gain access to. It all depends on who is managing it and how knowledgeable that person is.
  • inajeep, on 03/07/2009, -3/+23Confirmed this week? It happened a month a ago. It's even showing up in the Related by keyword below.

    http://digg.com/security/Hackers_broke_into_FAA_co ...

    So far the comments on that article was much funnier.
  • ColonialRule, on 03/07/2009, -15/+30Calm down.

    Take your meds.

    Oh, and....stop making ignorant comments.

  • Logal, on 03/07/2009, -1/+13"Luckily the server was not connected to the Air Traffic Control Center.." ORLY? You mean this isn't a Steven Seagal movie?
  • angryMK, on 03/07/2009, -6/+17I was one of the 45,000 comprimised and it took the FAA 31 days to notify me. I find that completlely unacceptable. Tavallai.....I hope every one of your flights in the future is canceled. There is so much crap I could say to you but I won't. Bottom line is you are an idiot but then again I looked at your picture and where you are from and that explains all of it.
  • doshindude, on 03/07/2009, -6/+16Typical Linux/Mac Elitist Tard. bury him and move on.
  • MonsterRayn, on 03/07/2009, -0/+10Fair enough.

    STOP USING COMPUTERS!!!!!
  • linagee, on 03/07/2009, -1/+10A SSN of 123-45-6789? That's the same as my luggage combo!
  • Klak, on 03/07/2009, -0/+8i think we need chole for this one
  • Jernej, on 03/07/2009, -6/+13you got it wrong, it's "STOP RUNNING, WINDOWS!!!!!"
  • bratterscain, on 03/07/2009, -0/+6The Windows guys are IT guys too. Just thought I'd let you know. Nobody's blameless.
  • inactive, on 03/07/2009, -1/+7yeah just blame it on windows. what are you going to do next tell them to stop using computers?
  • 1337BEEF, on 03/07/2009, -1/+6Actually, I went to an FFA facility and they were all running Linux, so...
  • Feldon, on 03/06/2009, -60/+65STOP RUNNING WINDOWS!!!!!
  • linagee, on 03/07/2009, -0/+431 days ago? How long ago did this happen anyway?
  • linagee, on 03/07/2009, -0/+3Is this like redneck security or something? Remove your history from internet explorer and your computer is secure from hackers?
  • Timpala, on 03/07/2009, -2/+5Windows has no blame to share.

    Windows doesn't expose information, people expose information.
  • thecatcantalk, on 03/07/2009, -2/+5Who needs a conspiracy theory, when the gross incompetence of Federal employees-for-life explains it all? At the far end of the spectrum, even the USAF isn't capable of defending a major city against nine men with pocketknives. At the near end, Uncle Sam lets thieves steal your identity, after harvesting everything a thief could need to ruin your life. Remind me again why we pay these useless cockwipes to come to work?

    Watch the idiot responsible for this security breach get promoted to a position of even greater responsibility in ten...nine...eight...
  • damntourists, on 03/07/2009, -0/+3buried for inc595.
  • roijen, on 03/08/2009, -0/+3Came looking for this comment; left satisfied.
  • inactive, on 03/07/2009, -0/+3rednecks had security? when?
  • max1018, on 03/07/2009, -1/+3Nucyular? Seriously?
  • PrettyGreen, on 03/07/2009, -0/+2From... The US? Scroll down and read the comments.
  • GlobalRoamer, on 03/08/2009, -0/+2I am not surprised. First the leak of data from Obama's Blackberry, leak of information from Marine One Helicopter, and now this.

    Obama seems to be asleep at the wheel. Someone better get him out of their before he hurts someone.
  • pr0carbine, on 03/08/2009, -1/+3Yeah, Tavallai is retarded.. he obviously has no idea what the FAA does, same goes for the 40+ people that dugg that comment up..
  • TheSabre, on 03/07/2009, -2/+4How do you know that this server is mission critical? It could be a small file server for all we know. The article said that it wasn't connected to any air traffic control systems.
  • linagee, on 03/07/2009, -0/+2"Sorry. Our records got hacked. You're all laid off." LOL!
  • cslawren, on 03/08/2009, -0/+2FAA =/= Federal Aviation Authority, FAA = Federal Aviation Administration
  • WesleyD, on 03/08/2009, -0/+2"Prepare Spaceball 1 for immediate departure... and change the combination on my luggage!"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K95SXe3pZoY
  • Floris, on 03/08/2009, -0/+2Neither.
  • pcbene, on 03/07/2009, -1/+3Crap.... I hope they store their licensee info more securely.
  • inactive, on 03/08/2009, -0/+1every pilot and their home address is on landings.com, check under databases
  • jprattnu, on 03/07/2009, -0/+1i got it right off as it had PALIN all over it... LOL
  • tgc1, on 03/07/2009, -6/+7Why, oh why, would any Critical Infrastructure be run off windows? Does the term "Mission Critical" mean anything to these people?!
  • Perk, on 03/08/2009, -0/+1Steven Seagal *IS* Cockpuncher!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crXeZPS00Y4
  • jerbaker, on 03/08/2009, -0/+1Reporters can't even figure out the name of a Federal agency ... nice.
  • phqu88, on 03/07/2009, -0/+1root?
  • inactive, on 03/09/2009, -0/+1lol So the Internet is safe so long as no one wanted to break in.....
  • inactive, on 03/09/2009, -0/+1There is an assumptive statement right there...

    Where did I say the IT guys where anything but IT guys?
  • Timpala, on 03/07/2009, -0/+1NO ONE SUSPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!
  • 4321234, on 03/07/2009, -1/+2I always suspect the possibility of an inside job when I hear stories like this. Like maybe somebody sold the server login. Or like executives who duck into a 7-11 for a sec and when they come back the laptop on the front seat that had 50,000 peoples personal info is gone.
    But I might be paranoid, because I also suspect the Spanish Inquisition.
  • thezackisback89, on 03/07/2009, -1/+2Damn it.
    Well, I just had my first-class aeronautical medical done 2-3 weeks ago, so they probably nabbed my SSN.
  • inc595, on 03/08/2009, -1/+1sad face
  • nepidae, on 03/08/2009, -1/+1The FFA just got TSAd
  • pr0carbine, on 03/08/2009, -1/+1You do know that if the FAA didnt exist, traveling by car would reclaim its title as safest method of travel right??
  • cyberoptic, on 03/08/2009, -0/+0Did not you knew that? On come guys, im scre if you knew not Firewall to the square root of Internet history equals not security not.
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