Federal Web Sites Hit Hard By Cyber Attacks

MSNBC ^ | Juy 7, 2009 | Lolita C. Baldor

[John W]

WASHINGTON - A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime, The Associated Press has learned.

The Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department Web sites were all down at varying points over the holiday weekend and into this week, according to officials inside and outside the government. Some of the sites were still experiencing problems Tuesday evening.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Should be fun when your medical records are online.

[devane617]

Those wild and whacky Chinese. They will do anything for a laugh...

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Have they heard of firewalls?

[knarf]

zero’s fault .... hell, he probably set the whole thing up.

[doc1019]

heeee, heeee

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Should be fun when your medical records are online.
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Won’t it, tho? And the libtards were screaming and frothing at the mouth about the Patriot Act.

[KoRn]

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[catbertz]

Koreans got hit too. CyberArmageddon oh noes!!!!1!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

[softengine]

Damn. They should think about outsourcing to a reputable company that does IT Security. </shameless plug

[TBall]

I don't know, I think it was the krazy Kireans.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I blame Ebaum’s.

[devane617]

That makes way too much sense.

[ArmyTeach]

Right on! You wouldn’t believe the resrtictions and levels of security on our computers at work, and the Chinese still tap in. We just expect it and know when they do it. I take my little laptop to work in case I have to do anything off of our restricted net.

[rabscuttle385]

Firewalls aren’t worth much against DDoS attacks.

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

Al Gore's fault really because he invented the internet.

[devane617]

The BS has been going on forever, and NO one in our gov has the nads to point a finger and say stop or else we will make sure WalMart stops. Problem solved.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Ditto to what you said. The liberals’ “nightmares” about The Patriot Act have become reality under THEIR guy. I think the aCLU has gone on vacation. LOL! Or maybe their mission is accomplished.