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U.S. Treasury Sites Hacked, Serves Up Malware
Tom's Guide ^ | May 4, 2010 | Kevin Parrish

Posted on 05/05/2010 3:34:03 PM PDT by decimon

Hackers planted code into three sites belonging to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

As a consumer and a taxpayer, it's assumed that government websites are the most secure in the nation. After all, if hackers can gain access and plant malware for viewers to download , then the nation really isn't that all secure on the cyber frontier, right? Unfortunately, that's apparently what has happened to three websites belonging to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. How safe and secure do you feel now?

Roger Thompson of AVG discovered the infestation on Monday. The urls involved include bep.gov (Bureau of Engraving and Printing), bep.treas.gov, and moneyfactory.gov. All three sites were "script injected" with a line of code that linked back to a now-dead grepad.com. At first Thompson thought the government admins had resolved the issue, however later Monday evening he discovered that the sites still remain infected, and warned web surfers to steer clear until until the issue is resolved.

(Excerpt) Read more at tomsguide.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Government
KEYWORDS: hackers; treasury; treasurydotgov; ustreasury
I'm convinced that we should cede more power to the federal government.
1 posted on 05/05/2010 3:34:04 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

But at least our healthcare information will be safe in the hands of the government...

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2 posted on 05/05/2010 3:38:37 PM PDT by hoosier hick (Note to RINOs: We need a choice, not an echo....Barry Goldwater)
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To: decimon

It was all fake to begin with The ‘international game’ that all participants cheat.


3 posted on 05/05/2010 3:38:40 PM PDT by allmost
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To: ShadowAce

Sadly, I’m not at all surprised....


4 posted on 05/05/2010 3:40:23 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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