Read it and weep...
"The Justice Department's inspector general said Monday that law enforcement groups including the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service suffer from "a lack of accountability," with at least 400 laptop computers missing, lost or stolen."

"Approximately 8,000 FBI laptops, or more than half of the 15,077 total, are authorized to store material classified as secret or top secret."

"FBI guidelines require that employees report lost property, but they don't say when the report must be filed. Some loss reports took 23 years to be filed, and the average time for a loss to be reported to the FBI was over four years. "

"The IRS has lost or misplaced 2,332 laptop computers, desktop computers and servers over three years..."

Source: Feds balk when laptops walk (c|net) 

Spam: Has it become a stalemate? Internet 'becomes more of a chore than an experience' 
[The CampinGuys Radio Weblog] 

ISPs Apparently Thwart Attempted Attack.  NIPC issues alert warning Web sites of possible wide-scale assaults beginning on East coast and sweeping across country.  [internetnews.com: Top News]

Related:
FBI warns of hacker attacks. The bureau alerts U.S. Web sites and Internet service providers to possible denial-of-service attacks, but any damage appears to be minimal. [CNET News.com]

FBI plays cyber-fear card again. NIPC entertainment [The Register] 

Copyright bill will create vigilantes: critics  [Boing Boing Blog]

Related:
A legal hack? Only in America.  Will U.S. music and movie executives risk jail time if they start hacking into file-swapping systems, as a proposed bill would allow? Maybe if they travel to Australia.  [CNET News.com] 

Hollywood hacking.  The Constitution.  Private property.  Home invasion.  The discussion continues... 

SPAMMED!  Part III: Anti-spam tools more aggressive but frustrated by e-mail's 'dumb' nature  [Rodent Regatta] 

'Soft Talk: Microsoft's Palladium a hair-raiser  [Technology] 

August 2002

 


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