Unnamed Administration sources reported that Sean Donelan said:
There are lots of interesting problems, but I don't know if 2003 is
the year. DOS is just too much fun.
Route hijacks/bogus origins
Compromised infrastructure
MLPS alteration
Authentication attacks
Physical intrusion
This last one just hit the big bell atop the pole.
Don't recall if NANOG mentioned it, but mid-December someone broke
into a DOD-contractor HMO's server farm; and stole all the drives.
Google-news on "TriWest"...
It was clearly an organized identity theft. They got 500,000
names, medical records and SSNs.
What data do YOU have that people might want to steal? Is it
encrypted?
Repeat, for those who didn't get the import of that:
They took the _medical records_ of _half a million_ US _soldiers_ and
their families.
Regardless of the identity-theft aspect, it's hard to imagine them not
seeing a lucrative aftermarket for that batch of data.
-Bill
They took the _medical records_ of _half a million_ US _soldiers_ and
their families.
Regardless of the identity-theft aspect, it's hard to imagine them not
seeing a lucrative aftermarket for that batch of data.
And just think, courtesy the USA "Patriot" act, next time it won't
just be -military- records they get, it will be yours.
America is starting to look more and more like the movie
"Minority Report".