June 21, 2007 2:44 PM PDT
Malware knocks Defense Department e-mail offline
According to the Associated Press, the US Defense Department took 1,500 computers offline as the result of a cyber attack. No additional information about the event was provided. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the attack happened sometime yesterday and that e-mail systems were expected to be back online later today.
Gate said during a press conference on the matter: "We obviously have redundant systems in place. ... There will be some administrative disruptions and personal inconveniences." When asked if he, personally, had been inconvenienced, Gates replied that he's a very low tech person. "I don't do e-mail."
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Homeland Security specifies Windows Server. But then we knew this
administration is very Windows-friendly and hostile to the
competition.
Go figure.
- "I don't do email" is a lie.
- by p.u.m.a. June 21, 2007 5:33 PM PDT
- When the press was first informing the public about Robert Gates as a potential successor to Rumsfeld, one of the things that the White House touted of Gates was his interest in his students when he was President of Texas A&M. Many times over it was said that he would blog anonymously on the T A&M sports blog to get the students fired up. If you can blog buddy, you can e-mail.
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- p.u.m.a. doesn't get it.
- by kakodes_too June 21, 2007 6:49 PM PDT
- One of the indications of intelligence is the ability to recognize subtleties in language; e.g., subtle humor, double entendre, RIPOSTS ....
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