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.
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But at least our healthcare information will be safe in the hands of the government...
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It was all fake to begin with The ‘international game’ that all participants cheat.
Sadly, I’m not at all surprised....
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