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December 20, 2013

++IG: Treasury Dept was wide open to our ethical hackers
— Purple Avenger

Nothing could possibly go wrong if the US Treasury's IT systems were penetrated and disrupted, right? Un-possible. The Treasury is a veritable fortress of security and stability, right?

TOP MEN baby, top men.

We found that default factory-preset administrative usernames and passwords were present in OCCÂ’s systems. In one test we conducted, we discovered a default username and password of an internal service account on an OCC server which had local administrator privileges. We used those privileges and deployed our penetration test toolÂ’s agents to the host server. That server contained password hashes for local and domain administrator accounts. Using these hashes, we obtained a domain administratorÂ’s password, which we then used to log on to the network domain controller. With full access given to a typical domain administrative account, we created a domain administrator account and thereby had full control of OCCÂ’s
network.

In accordance with our Rules of Engagement, we did not attempt to perform actions that would disrupt OCCÂ’s operations, such as deleting data, powering off servers or other resources, locking out accounts, and similar activities, any of which could have resulted in interruption or shutdown of devices or services. However, malicious attackers would have no such restrictions against performing these actions

Because systems and devices connected to OCCÂ’s internal
network could freely communicate between one another, with very little internal partitioning, we successfully attacked multiple OCC systems in a very short amount of time from a single workstation.

It just gets worser and worser as you go deeper and deeper into the report. I think you get the idea. The IG's hacking crew seems pretty good. Treasury staff? maybe not so much.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 11:22 AM | Comments (187)
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1 Oh well...

Posted by: NCKate at December 20, 2013 11:22 AM (RSQB0)

2 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 11:24 AM (PYAXX)

3 We used those privileges and deployed our penetration test toolÂ’s agents to the host server.

Go on.

Posted by: Andy Sullivan at December 20, 2013 11:24 AM (8ZskC)

4 It's Bush's fault !!!!!

Posted by: James Carville at December 20, 2013 11:24 AM (e8kgV)

5 Government. What can't it do?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 20, 2013 11:25 AM (8ZskC)

6 It's almost as if our Federal government goes out of its way to hire the least competent people.

Why yes! Let's turn over 1/6 of the economy to those guys!

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 20, 2013 11:25 AM (H4Rpo)

Joe Isuzu had more credibility than these jokers ever will.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2013 11:26 AM (sQ0LB)

8 In accordance with our Rules of Engagement, we did not attempt to perform actions that would disrupt OCCÂ’s operations, such as deleting data, powering off servers or other resources, locking out accounts, and similar activities, any of which could have resulted in interruption or shutdown of devices or services. Until someone changes (or ignores) those Rules of Engagement, nothing will change. The Treasury IT guys will say, "Yeah, but if they'd tried X, the system would have Y" and everyone will applaud them.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 11:26 AM (PYAXX)

9 What difference does it make?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 20, 2013 11:27 AM (fwARV)

10 The five most common passwords- "Love", "Sex", "Secret", "God", and "guest".

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 11:27 AM (/Crba)

11 1234 is a very unsecure password ... but 4321 is very cleverer ...

Posted by: Adriane... at December 20, 2013 11:27 AM (iu8IB)

12 Also, why are their RoE so restrictive?

Get in there, fuck shit up, make a scene.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 20, 2013 11:27 AM (fwARV)

13 I have my old copy of 2600 that said that usually many of these systems have an account for the line printers which has full privileges with the login of "PRINTER" & password of "PRINTER".

Most old VAX systems had the password for user "SYSTEM" of "SYSTEM' which a majority of users never changed.

Posted by: Edward Snowden at December 20, 2013 11:27 AM (e8kgV)

14 "However, malicious attackers would have no such restrictions against performing these actions"

One very basic mistake in this sentence.

"would have no" should be replaced with "did not have any"

Barn door is open, and those horses are long gone.

Posted by: Dave in Fla at December 20, 2013 11:27 AM (xZQaE)

15 Anyone want pics of my best penetration tool?

Posted by: tony weiner at December 20, 2013 11:28 AM (YQUIz)

16 "The IG's hacking crew seems pretty good."

Except that as good as they are, the Advanced Persistent Threat from the Chinese government/military, and the black hats from the Eastern European/Russian criminal syndicates, are no doubt considerably better.

At this point, if government has any information about you, odds are excellent that that information has been compromised. In an era when government are determined to be informational vacuum cleaners sucking up every last scrap of data, that poses a little bit of a problem.

Posted by: torquewrench at December 20, 2013 11:28 AM (gqT4g)

17 Make a ruckus !!!

Posted by: J at December 20, 2013 11:29 AM (e8kgV)

18 Anyone know the location of the best penetration tool ?

Posted by: #OccupyAnthonyWeiner'sShorts at December 20, 2013 11:30 AM (e8kgV)

19 You said it ... TOP MEN

Posted by: Indiana Jones at December 20, 2013 11:31 AM (e8kgV)

20
That server contained password hashes for local and domain administrator accounts.

Uh, oh. Pixy beware.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 20, 2013 11:31 AM (TIIx5)

21 Why bother? Just file bogus tax returns, claim large refunds, and have it sent to you in Bolivia

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 20, 2013 11:31 AM (aDwsi)

22 The hackers pride themselves on extreme competence. The gov't prides itself on diversity and rightthink. Yeah...we're talkin' Bambi and Godzilla here, folks.

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 20, 2013 11:31 AM (naUcP)

23 And... this is what happens when you hire people based on ideology instead of ability.

If Civil War 2 ever does happen? It's going to be a one-sided ass kicking.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 11:32 AM (x3YFz)

24 Heh. All ur interwebz belongz to us. Now I can haz cheezeburger?

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at December 20, 2013 11:32 AM (sPO/s)

25 12 Also, why are their RoE so restrictive? Get in there, fuck shit up, make a scene. --- The RoE should be to go in there and pretty much shut down operations any way they can without being permanently destructive. Pretty much, the ability to go in and kill the servers or lock everyone else out of the system should be enough to tell Treasury to get off their fucking asses and get IT to fix things.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 11:32 AM (/Crba)

26 had the password for user "SYSTEM" of "SYSTEM' which a majority of users never changed.
That's how the Brit cellphone hacking happened---the reporters just tried using the factory pre-sets on famous peoples' phones and most hadn't be changed by the user. (And, OT, for some reason Firefox's spellchecker has pee-sets as a real word but not pre-sets.)

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 20, 2013 11:33 AM (YQUIz)

27 I don't think Ace loves us anymore. He's on Twitter talking about some press conference or something...

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 20, 2013 11:33 AM (H4Rpo)

28 Maybe they can hack in there and get the Treasury to send me my GI Bill Housing Allowance check that they sent to the wrong account. Had some low level bureaucrat at the VA tell me that even though the error is clearly on Treasury, I may only get a sorry without them re-issuing the check. The people who want more of this shit are going to get it nice and hard and be shocked, SHOCKED to find out they have no recourse available. And they'll deserve the fucking over.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at December 20, 2013 11:33 AM (Qt/d2)

29 "I have my old copy of 2600 that said that usually many of these systems have an account for the line printers which has full privileges with the login of 'PRINTER' password of 'PRINTER'."

Ah, 2600, the thrilling days of yesteryear.

It's just astonishing how many allegedly professional sysadmins still have weak-sauce passwords of their own. One security guy I talked with said he has found easily exploitable passwords owned by admins at 2/3 of clients his firm has audited. Those are the admins, folks, not the lusers.

Posted by: torquewrench at December 20, 2013 11:33 AM (gqT4g)

30 Government. What can't it do? Competence?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 11:33 AM (GjYxB)

31 Holy shit. Top men all around, huh?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 20, 2013 11:33 AM (gJyfA)

32 You know all those unrealistic hacker movies where one guy can hack into some important system with ease and do what he wants?

Obama is making that a reality.

See, the man really can change the world!

Posted by: 18-1 at December 20, 2013 11:34 AM (P3U0f)

33 Why bother? Just file bogus tax returns, claim large refunds, and have it sent to you in ~~Bolivia~~ Peruvia.
Fixed.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 20, 2013 11:34 AM (YQUIz)

34 The RoE should be to go in there and pretty much shut down operations any way they can without being permanently destructive. This. But it won't be, because the point of these exercises is *NOT* to make things more secure, but rather to be seen as "verifying security."

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 11:34 AM (PYAXX)

35 I'm starting to think that 'under the mattress' is a safer place for extra cash then; 1. Shopping at Target 2. HealthCare404.gov 3. US Treasury But I'm sure the government is 'poised' to address the problem. Just like I'm poised to go out on a date with Kate Upton tonight.

Posted by: Regular Moron [/i] at December 20, 2013 11:34 AM (6Nqkf)

36 26 had the password for user "SYSTEM" of "SYSTEM' which a majority of users never changed.
That's how the Brit cellphone hacking happened---the reporters just tried using the factory pre-sets on famous peoples' phones and most hadn't be changed by the user. (And, OT, for some reason Firefox's spellchecker has pee-sets as a real word but not pre-sets.)

Posted by: andycanuck at December 20, 2013 03:33 PM (YQUIz)

Nono... use "pa55word" because it's l33t

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 11:34 AM (x3YFz)

37 If Civil War 2 ever does happen? It's going to be a one-sided ass kicking.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 03:32 PM (x3YFz)

I don't know.

Organization, Command and Control, logistics... Our forces are scattered, will not be able to communicate and will have no unified chain of command.

That's a recipe for 'messy,' not an ass kicking.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 20, 2013 11:34 AM (fwARV)

38 Fucking. Transformation. Baby.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 20, 2013 11:35 AM (HVff2)

39 One security guy I talked with said he has found easily exploitable passwords owned by admins at 2/3 of clients his firm has audited. Those are the admins, folks, not the lusers.
___
See, that's why I use Joebiden for my passwords everywhere. Who would ever guess that?

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 20, 2013 11:35 AM (P3U0f)

40 Treasury needs a real IT manager instead of their MIS-manager

Posted by: Bill Gates at December 20, 2013 11:35 AM (e8kgV)

41 Wow MSNBC: If Phil Robertson And Bobby Jindal Tried Anal Sex They Might Like ItÂ… http://tinyurl.com/k2w93rn

Posted by: USA at December 20, 2013 11:35 AM (VIaw0)

42 "We used those privileges and deployed our penetration test toolÂ’s agents to the host server."

Heh. Best euphemism for impregnating a chick I've ever read.

Posted by: Sharkman at December 20, 2013 11:35 AM (TM1p8)

43 I don't know.

Organization, Command and Control, logistics... Our forces are scattered, will not be able to communicate and will have no unified chain of command.

That's a recipe for 'messy,' not an ass kicking.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 20, 2013 03:34 PM (fwARV)

Asymmetric warfare is called asymmetric warfare for a reason.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 11:36 AM (x3YFz)

44 MSNBC: If Phil Robertson And Bobby Jindal Tried Anal Sex They Might Like ItÂ… What the actual f*ck?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 11:36 AM (PYAXX)

45 32 You know all those unrealistic hacker movies where one guy can hack into some important system with ease and do what he wants? Obama is making that a reality. See, the man really can change the world! --- Software is shit. Bring me burd. And wodka for burd.

Posted by: Ivan Vanko at December 20, 2013 11:36 AM (/Crba)

46 Government IT sucks at stuff? Whodathunkit!!

Wow!

O^O

That is my shocked face!

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 11:36 AM (kXoT0)

47 MSNBC: If Phil Robertson And Bobby Jindal Tried Anal Sex They Might Like ItÂ…
___
Well, who wouldn't? Um...I mean if they did try it.

Posted by: Barack Obama at December 20, 2013 11:36 AM (P3U0f)

48 I'm wondering about the password for the nuke codes

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 20, 2013 11:36 AM (gJyfA)

49 This is why the United States will become a 3rd world country in the next decade (if that long). Our intellectual betters are a bunch of thieving dumbshits that give a flying fuck about the country and it's people.

Posted by: © Sponge at December 20, 2013 11:37 AM (xmcEQ)

50 44 MSNBC: If Phil Robertson And Bobby Jindal Tried Anal Sex They Might Like ItÂ… What the actual f*ck --- I'd pay money for Phil to do a PR campaign with a picture of him saying "Would YOU have sex with this man's ass?"

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 11:37 AM (/Crba)

51 I'm wondering about the password for the nuke codes "Mommy May I" "Pretty Please" "Boom shakalacka"

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 11:37 AM (PYAXX)

52 John has a long mustache John has a long mustache...

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 11:37 AM (7ObY1)

53 48 I'm wondering about the password for the nuke codes

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 20, 2013 03:36 PM (gJyfA)

Login: admin
Password: nukes

there. it's now public.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 11:38 AM (x3YFz)

54 Government. What can't it do? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 20, 2013 03:25 PM (8ZskC) Anything correctly.

Posted by: © Sponge at December 20, 2013 11:38 AM (xmcEQ)

55 Their incompetency is only matched by their hubris. Sort of like the Bourbon monarchy in France before the peasants got all head-choppy.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 20, 2013 11:38 AM (hLRSq)

56 52 John has a long mustache
John has a long mustache...

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 20, 2013 03:37 PM (7ObY1)

The chair is against the wall.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 11:38 AM (x3YFz)

Do you realize that if we were unethical, we could be skimming millions of tax dollars and stolen dollars?

I guess that the DNC donor list is pretty full, though.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 20, 2013 11:39 AM (gJyfA)

58 Why bother? Just file bogus tax returns, claim large refunds, and have it sent to you in Bolivia Peruvia.
Fixed.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 20, 2013 03:34 PM (YQUIz)

Know who already does this--costing the US Billions--felons in US prisons. They have nothing but time on their hands and they usually have some sucker or suckers on the outside who cashes and deposits the checks for them--for their defense funds to help them with their appeals to get out of prison.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 11:39 AM (kXoT0)

59 Wargames is so 1983. I hack the Treasury Dept, because that's where the money is.

Posted by: Zombie Hacker Willie Sutton at December 20, 2013 11:40 AM (lgpOZ)

60 48 I'm wondering about the password for the nuke codes

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 20, 2013 03:36 PM (gJyfA)

Sigh. How many times do I have to tell you. It's 00000000

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at December 20, 2013 11:40 AM (CGjum)

61 Somehow I doubt logistical support is going to help the gangbangers who think you fire a pistol sideways that Left will have as their frontline troops.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 20, 2013 11:40 AM (YQUIz)

62 Something that has surprised me a little in the past few years of scandal is that the Office of Inspector General system is actually pretty robust and effective. There may be, and often are, problems with politicians or bureaucrats ignoring or obstructing the IGs, but the IGs themselves seem to be pretty good on the whole.

Posted by: Suzanne de Nimes at December 20, 2013 11:40 AM (6T8Ay)

63 At this rate, I'm going to park outside the White House gates, turn on my MacBook Air, look for WiFi networks, find the one called "Barry+Michelle_linksys", and for the password, type in "Password." With luck, I'll find that Danish PM selfie in Barry's SnapChat archive!

Posted by: zombie at December 20, 2013 11:40 AM (+cx5n)

64
Know who already does this--costing the US Billions--felons in US prisons. They have nothing but time on their hands and they usually have some sucker or suckers on the outside who cashes and deposits the checks for them--for their defense funds to help them with their appeals to get out of prison.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 03:39 PM (kXoT0)

I'll go ahead and defer a life of not dropping the soap instead of millions in undspendable cash.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 11:40 AM (x3YFz)

65 BTW, while I was running errands at lunch heard the Robertson guys sing Hairy Christmas on the XM Radio. It was sweet and funny.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 11:41 AM (kXoT0)

66 "Love", "Sex", "Secret", "God", and "guest". Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 03:27 PM (/Crba) Admin, admin, password, highspeed (for routers) Just look up the default for the system.... which are just a search away on the net...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 20, 2013 11:41 AM (lZBBB)

67 So, what's the Over/Under on the number of times EoJ saw Cats while he was visiting New York?

Posted by: garrett at December 20, 2013 11:41 AM (9YXb4)

68 Organization, Command and Control, logistics... Our forces are scattered, will not be able to communicate and will have no unified chain of command. That's a recipe for 'messy,' not an ass kicking. Similar to the 'Cong.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 11:41 AM (GjYxB)

69 Here's why this debacle (the website itself, not writ large for Obamacare) does accurately explain the failure of progressivism. If they can't make something that is conceptually concrete and objectively obtainable, why do you think they'd be able to make something that is not conceptually concrete and not objectively obtainable?

Posted by: SFGoth at December 20, 2013 11:41 AM (whpOu)

70 61 Somehow I doubt logistical support is going to help the gangbangers who think you fire a pistol sideways that Left will have as their frontline troops.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 20, 2013 03:40 PM (YQUIz)

I lol every time I see that. Guaranteed stovepipe/misfeed. Good way to find yourself as worm food.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 11:42 AM (x3YFz)

71 the IGs themselves seem to be pretty good on the whole.

Posted by: Suzanne de Nimes at December 20, 2013 03:40 PM (6T8Ay)

I work for an IG, and I'd say you're right. In our inter-Departmental meetings, all the IGs (and their staffs, to a lesser extent), seem pretty solid.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 20, 2013 11:43 AM (fwARV)

72 Apropos of nothing... I need to get out to the range pretty soon. Also, I think I have my wife about convinced on the "we need an AR" front...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 11:43 AM (PYAXX)

73 I'll go ahead and defer a life of not dropping the soap instead of millions in undspendable cash.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 03:40 PM (x3YFz)

Felons aren't the only ones who do it. It is whole industry, particularly in places like Florida or Southern California with large, <cough>, immigrant, <cough>, populations, where there are already 50-100 Juan Ortegas in just one neighborhood.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 11:43 AM (kXoT0)

74 See, that's why I use Joebiden for my passwords everywhere. Who would ever guess that? Obviously not you Joey. One more time. It's JoeBiden. Write it down next to your pc & quit bothering us. // IT Admin

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 11:44 AM (GjYxB)

75 51 I'm wondering about the password for the nuke codes "Mommy May I" "Pretty Please" "Boom shakalacka" Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 03:37 PM (PYAXX) At one point.... my admin password on a VERY secure system having to do with that subject... SlimPickens1

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 20, 2013 11:44 AM (lZBBB)

76 You know, sometimes I try to imagine that I don't live in a country run by idiots, imbeciles, overgrown infants and incompetents. It's getting harder and harder to do so.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 11:44 AM (4df7R)

At this rate, I'm going to park outside the White House gates, turn on my MacBook Air, look for WiFi networks, find the one called "Barry+Michelle_linksys", and for the password, type in "Password."

With luck, I'll find that Danish PM selfie in Barry's SnapChat archive!

Posted by: zombie at December 20, 2013 03:40 PM (+cx5n)

If "Password" doesn't work, go with "password."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 11:45 AM (4df7R)

78 I know someone who worked at UC Berkeley in the late '70s and early '80s. He said, back then, security was practically nonexistent. From a UC campus workstation, he 9for fun) hacked into the Pentagon, the Army, the FBI, among many others. Never did anything nefarious -- just to see if it was possible. Actually, "hack" is not even the appropriate word. He just tried to log in, and was able to, because there was no passwords at all, or they were self-evident. The only barrier to hacking the entire ARPANET was simply having the basic knowledge of how networks even function (pretty esoteric knowledge back then). I see that things have only marginally improved since the Carter era.

Posted by: zombie at December 20, 2013 11:45 AM (+cx5n)

79 I have this hacking cough and it's getting worse and worse. I know, a cup of hot chocolate and getting all snuggly in my flannel onesie! Talk amongst yourselves while I heat the water. I'll give you a topic: The Affordable Care Plan-- neither affordable, nor care, nor a plan. Discuss.

Posted by: Ethan PJ Manchild III at December 20, 2013 11:45 AM (/cUUk)

80 MSNBC: If Phil Robertson And Bobby Jindal Tried Anal Sex They Might Like ItÂ… http://tinyurl.com/k2w93rn Posted by: USA at December 20, 2013 03:35 PM (VIaw0) That clip is so ghey my laptop is now complaining about my choice of home decor.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 20, 2013 11:45 AM (bCEmE)

81 MSNBC: If Phil Robertson And Bobby Jindal Tried Anal Sex They Might Like ItÂ… http://tinyurl.com/k2w93rn Step one: when you are underage, get molested by an older man....

Posted by: Aha Moment[/i] at December 20, 2013 11:46 AM (klzyR)

82 If "Password" doesn't work, go with "password." Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 03:45 PM (4df7R) Hah.... we changed it... its WordOfPass!

Posted by: Whitehouse IT at December 20, 2013 11:46 AM (lZBBB)

83 76 You know, sometimes I try to imagine that I don't live in a country run by idiots, imbeciles, overgrown infants and incompetents. It's getting harder and harder to do so.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 03:44 PM (4df7R)

Not quite the authors of the Federalist Papers, are they?

I'm waiting for Joe Biden do drop his pants and begin masturbating in a Walmart parking lot.

Ask yourself if it would even remotely surprise you.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 11:46 AM (x3YFz)

84 70 61 Somehow I doubt logistical support is going to help the gangbangers who think you fire a pistol sideways that Left will have as their frontline troops. Posted by: andycanuck at December 20, 2013 03:40 PM (YQUIz) I lol every time I see that. Guaranteed stovepipe/misfeed. Good way to find yourself as worm food. --- The sights are on the top for a reason. *BLAM*

Posted by: Frank Castle at December 20, 2013 11:47 AM (/Crba)

85 Hah.... we changed it... its WordOfPass!

Posted by: Whitehouse IT at December 20, 2013 03:46 PM (lZBBB)

Or try IHeartReggie, or IMissMyReggie or ReggieLove...

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 11:47 AM (kXoT0)

86 Come on people, it's only money.

Posted by: Registered voter at December 20, 2013 11:47 AM (Hdbf3)

87 Ah come on guys, get serious. The is the US Treasury, not the Federal Reserve.

It's the Fed that prints money. If that is what you are after, ya hafta go after the Fed.

All you are going to get from the Treasure is the slush fund money. Small potatoes

Posted by: Slow, Late, and Indifferent, LLC at December 20, 2013 11:48 AM (owJaa)

the IGs themselves seem to be pretty good on the whole.

Posted by: Suzanne de Nimes at December 20, 2013 03:40 PM (6T8Ay)

And considering this "administration" in particular has shown little trepidation about punishing IGs who make Obammy and crew look bad, that's no small feat.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 11:48 AM (4df7R)

89 Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 03:47 PM (kXoT0) Well.... we tried using the damn address... but no one could spell Pennsylvania right...

Posted by: Whitehouse IT at December 20, 2013 11:48 AM (lZBBB)

90 You know, sometimes I try to imagine that I don't live in a country run by idiots, imbeciles, overgrown infants and incompetents. It's getting harder and harder to do so.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 20, 2013 03:44 PM (4df7R)

It has always been this way, except in the past the most contact people had with the US government was the local post office. There was no contact with the incompetent political appointees and the suck-up hacks they promoted out of the actual bureaucratic ranks to run the agencies for them. So everything seemed to be fine because the mail actually did arrive, so people assumed the rest of them knew what they were doing.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 20, 2013 11:48 AM (hLRSq)

91 Ah come on guys, get serious. The is the US Treasury, not the Federal Reserve. Posted by: Slow, Late, and Indifferent, LLC at December 20, 2013 03:48 PM (owJaa)

Yup, just order say five pallets of 100s to be delivered to some random warehouse.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 11:49 AM (kXoT0)

92 Pfft. What information on the Treasury site would a hacker be interested in?

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 11:49 AM (fWAjv)

93 85 Hah.... we changed it... its WordOfPass! Posted by: Whitehouse IT at December 20, 2013 03:46 PM (lZBBB) Or try IHeartReggie, or IMissMyReggie or ReggieLove... --- Related- A member of a band in the UK was busted for child porn and molestation after his laptop was seized and the password cracked. Said password? "Ifuckkids". I shit you not, as I wouldn't joke about something like this.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 11:49 AM (/Crba)

94 Password: Iloveobama

Posted by: ejo at December 20, 2013 11:50 AM (GXvSO)

95 I don't know. I think "kingobama" or "godkingobama" (or those with "me" replacing "obama") would be likelier.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 20, 2013 11:50 AM (YQUIz)

96 Props and battens rising. Props and battens rising.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 20, 2013 11:50 AM (aDwsi)

97 Well.... we tried using the damn address... but no one could spell Pennsylvania right...

Posted by: Whitehouse IT at December 20, 2013 03:48 PM (lZBBB)

and they kept typing 16OO, right?

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 11:50 AM (kXoT0)

98 If Chrissy Matthews tried anal sex with Obama and was on the receiving end....

Posted by: If wishes were horses... at December 20, 2013 11:50 AM (/cUUk)

99 Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 03:49 PM (/Crba) Well.... gotta admit... its not a password I would ever think of trying on a social hack...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 20, 2013 11:50 AM (lZBBB)

100 The word is out. Harry Reid is dead.

Posted by: ULTRAMARINE at December 20, 2013 11:51 AM (yhJhK)

101 i wonder how many active connections their servers have to chinese ip's

Posted by: Brewer at December 20, 2013 11:51 AM (WjMgb)

102 Said password? "Ifuckkids". Crichton! Change the password on my computer.

Posted by: Harry Reid at December 20, 2013 11:51 AM (9YXb4)

103 I don't know. I think "kingobama" or "godkingobama" (or those with "me" replacing "obama") would be likelier. Posted by: andycanuck ----------------------- Someone here used, Malignant the I

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 20, 2013 11:51 AM (aDwsi)

104 Or, Mikey, they said big government won WW2 so it should be able to handle X.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 20, 2013 11:52 AM (YQUIz)

105 The word is out. Harry Reid is dead. 72 hour rule? Or is this a joke of some variety?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 11:52 AM (PYAXX)

106
Wow

MSNBC: If Phil Robertson And Bobby Jindal Tried Anal Sex They Might Like ItÂ…

http://tinyurl.com/k2w93rn

Posted by: USA at December 20, 2013 03:35 PM (VIaw0)

So MSNBC is saying that teh ghey is a choice? I thought the lefty dogma was that it was hard wired in the person's DNA.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 20, 2013 11:52 AM (TIIx5)

107 All you are going to get from the Treasure is the slush fund money. Small potatoes Them Treasury 'taters would keep this bitter clinger in hash browns for a long time...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 20, 2013 11:52 AM (naUcP)

108 Said password? "Ifuckkids". I shit you not, as I wouldn't joke about something like this. Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 03:49 PM (/Crba) Rage Meter spiked again. Would LOVE to spend some time with him in a windowless room and a nice set of tools.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 11:52 AM (fWAjv)

109 Change the password on my computer.
Ring! Ring! Ring!

Posted by: crichton ringing a bell and pointing at a photo of Harry Reid at December 20, 2013 11:52 AM (YQUIz)

110 password: IIIIIIII

Posted by: SCOAMT at December 20, 2013 11:52 AM (3lCIV)

111 uid = Scott/pwd = Tiger. Anyone remember where that one came from?

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 20, 2013 11:53 AM (EiDLD)

112 I rule, you fools! Now fetch you fucking shinebox and some hot cocoa!

Posted by: PJ Hacker at December 20, 2013 11:53 AM (TKFmG)

113 >100 The word is out. Harry Reid is dead.

Posted by: ULTRAMARINE at December 20, 2013 03:51 PM (yhJhK)<

Link?

Posted by: Muad'dib at December 20, 2013 11:53 AM (KjlbF)

114 Done with the farrier, next up is a 6 PM Christmas party with wife's colleagues. Fortunately, this crop have kept any Libturd views to themselves at the past few get togethers. Hoping they can keep it up.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 20, 2013 11:53 AM (ZshNr)

115 MSNBC: If Phil Robertson And Bobby Jindal Tried Anal Sex They Might Like ItÂ… --------------- I waiting for that young Maddow fellow to weigh in on this.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 20, 2013 11:53 AM (aDwsi)

116 Would LOVE to spend some time with him in a windowless room and a nice set of tools.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 03:52 PM (fWAjv)

I'll bring the Kosher salt and jalapeno peppers....

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 11:53 AM (kXoT0)

117 I usually use j(*#HJ(*^&YHUigyut63 as my pw. Need to change it I guess.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 11:54 AM (x3YFz)

118 #106 I like being "hard wired" but not in my DNA, in other places.

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at December 20, 2013 11:54 AM (/cUUk)

119 uid = Scott/pwd = Tiger. Anyone remember where that one came from?

Oracle defaults.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 20, 2013 11:54 AM (JawqV)

120 108 Said password? "Ifuckkids". I shit you not, as I wouldn't joke about something like this. Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 03:49 PM (/Crba) Rage Meter spiked again. Would LOVE to spend some time with him in a windowless room and a nice set of tools. --- It was lead singer Ian Watkins of Lostprophet and he just got sentenced to 35 years by the Brits. The mothers of some of the children he abused got sentenced to about 15 years each.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 11:55 AM (/Crba)

121 I'll bring the Kosher salt and jalapeno peppers.... Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 20, 2013 03:53 PM (kXoT0) The more the merrier.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 11:55 AM (fWAjv)

122
The word is out. Harry Reid is dead.

72 hour rule?

Or is this a joke of some variety?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 03:52 PM (PYAXX)

Trying to incite nasty remarks on the alleged Searchlight Strangler is my guess.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 20, 2013 11:55 AM (TIIx5)

123 119 Oracle defaults. Time to try to log in to that Oregon exchange methinks...lol

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 20, 2013 11:56 AM (EiDLD)

124 Password: OMGWTF

Posted by: And then some at December 20, 2013 11:56 AM (/cUUk)

125 Or, Mikey, they said big government won WW2 so it should be able to handle X.

Posted by: andycanuck at December 20, 2013 03:52 PM (YQUIz)

Well, yeah. But there was a lot of waste, fraud, and incompetency involved there also. And our big government was fighting other big governments also laboring under waste, fraud, and incompetence.* It wasn't like it was trying to run something on a continuous basis.

*The Japanese Army, Navy, and Transportation each ran their own supply ships, to the same ports, and would not carry each others' cargos in order to efficiently use shipping resources.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 20, 2013 11:57 AM (hLRSq)

126

Top Ra-men.

Yum...

Posted by: havildar-major at December 20, 2013 11:57 AM (kduZC)

127 Time to try to log in to that Oregon exchange methinks...lol Posted by: akula ---------------- Hmm. "unicorns"?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 20, 2013 11:57 AM (aDwsi)

128 The mothers of some of the children he abused got sentenced to about 15 years each. Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 03:55 PM (/Crba) Yeah. I read it the past couple of days. Sick ass son of a bitch as well as his 'fans.' (Those 'mothers' can be in the windowless room as well.)

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 11:57 AM (fWAjv)

129 I don't know if Bush did it, but since Obama, they have been changing every govt website I visit, for no obvious reason. Probably make work for cronies or something, but they are either incompetent, or corrupt, or both.

Posted by: Baldy at December 20, 2013 11:57 AM (2bql3)

130 124 Password: OMGWTF --- Alternatively, "OMGWTFBBQ"

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 11:57 AM (/Crba)

131 Trying to incite nasty remarks on the alleged Searchlight Strangler is my guess. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 20, 2013 03:55 PM (TIIx5) Ding Ding Ding Winner winner chicken dinner.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 11:58 AM (fWAjv)

132 The word is out. Harry Reid is dead.

Only the good die. Evil fuckers, not so much. God seems to keep those sonsabitches around for a while.

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 11:58 AM (x3YFz)

133 Government stupidity and incompetence meant less when it was smaller and had less control over our lives than the current absolute.

Posted by: ejo at December 20, 2013 11:58 AM (GXvSO)

134 This picture just made me laugh and I needed a laugh: http://tinyurl.com/nkuzf46

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2013 11:59 AM (BC6cY)

135 132 The word is out. Harry Reid is dead. Only the good die. Evil fuckers, not so much. God seems to keep those sonsabitches around for a while. --- Besides that, I think that The Tall Man ends up being replaced by a new version every time that he dies.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 20, 2013 11:59 AM (/Crba)

136 Well, we messed up with keeping the default factory set passwords. At least give us credit for making the nuclear launch codes totes unbreakable!

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 11:59 AM (fWAjv)

137 #115 Maddow is fantasizing about a threesome sandwich involving PJ Boy and Hayes as the two slices of bread. As for the orifices being filled by what and by whom, she's flexible.

Posted by: The lurker who occasionally unlurks at December 20, 2013 11:59 AM (/cUUk)

138 Lead story on weaselzippers: Israel green lights construction of 100 ft Jesus statue to be built in muzzie dominated Nazareth. Oh snap!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 12:00 PM (GjYxB)

139
Senator Hairy Reed has been admitted to Belvue Hospital in Washington suffering from a hugely engorged 5-hour erection. Senator Reed was administered medications to lessen the pain from the throbbing purple veined mammygoogler, and after resting overnight, will be able to return to the Senate floor to continue with President Obama's progressive agenda.

That is fucking every American up the ass for the benefit of liberalism and the progressive movement.

Posted by: Dr. Phil at December 20, 2013 12:00 PM (pJF+c)

140 I'm starting to think We The People should insist our overlords stay out of the IT business. Just not a good mix.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 20, 2013 12:00 PM (EiDLD)

141

@55 Their incompetency is only matched by their hubris. Sort of like the Bourbon monarchy in France before the peasants got all head-choppy.

------------------

I've heard that Louis the XVI was a passable clock-maker, which means that he was probably more useful than most of the Federal desk jockeys these days.

Posted by: junior at December 20, 2013 12:00 PM (UWFpX)

142 138 Lead story on weaselzippers: Israel green lights construction of 100 ft Jesus statue to be built in muzzie dominated Nazareth.

Oh snap!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 04:00 PM (GjYxB)

Jews building a Jesus statue? Anyone else seeing the problem here?

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 12:01 PM (x3YFz)

143 @138 I hope He has laser beams shooting out of his eyeballs.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 20, 2013 12:01 PM (ZshNr)

144 >>>The word is out. Harry Reid is dead. <<<

Cuz I kicked the crap outta him!

Posted by: John "Rambo" McCain at December 20, 2013 12:01 PM (3lCIV)

145 142 Anyone else seeing the problem here? I'm seeing the Trojan Jesus. And hoping the payload is more than a lot of lead-based paint.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 20, 2013 12:02 PM (EiDLD)

146 Jews building a Jesus statue? Anyone else seeing the problem here? -------------- Not me.

Posted by: Messianic Jew at December 20, 2013 12:02 PM (aDwsi)

147 138 Lead story on weaselzippers: Israel green lights construction of 100 ft Jesus statue to be built in muzzie dominated Nazareth. Oh snap! Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 04:00 PM (GjYxB) That.Is.Awesome.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2013 12:02 PM (fWAjv)

148 15 Anyone want pics of my best penetration tool?
Posted by: tony weiner

I do!

Posted by: Bawney Frank at December 20, 2013 12:02 PM (6T8Ay)

149 Jews building a Jesus statue? Anyone else seeing the problem here? Methinks they understand tourism statistics...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 20, 2013 12:03 PM (naUcP)

150 As of now, Drudge is still reporting merely "hospitalized". You don't need a link to Drudge.

Posted by: Ein Biobauer, nimmt den Stier bei den Hörnern, mit einigen schweren Empfehlungen at December 20, 2013 12:03 PM (1/4XQ)

151 Maybe it's a publicity stunt for the best Transformers movie ever.

Posted by: Lincolntf at December 20, 2013 12:03 PM (ZshNr)

152 I wish Harry Reid a full recovery along with a political conversion to conservatism. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2013 12:04 PM (BC6cY)

153 Jews building a Jesus statue? Anyone else seeing the problem here? Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 04:01 PM (x3YFz) Why? Jesus WAS a Jew....

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 20, 2013 12:04 PM (lZBBB)

154 Maybe it's a publicity stunt for the best Transformers movie ever.

Posted by: Lincolntf

Robo-Jesus Vs. Mecha-Mohammed ?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 20, 2013 12:04 PM (H4Rpo)

155 If it was a "see - Obamacare works!!!" stunt, they might have wanted to wait until after 1/1/2014.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 20, 2013 12:04 PM (EiDLD)

156 We'll never die as long as there are childrens' still beating hearts to devour!

Posted by: Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, et al at December 20, 2013 12:05 PM (i9vov)

157 Obama: "I think I'll alter the ACA again..., and go on a very expensive vacation to Hawaii" Reid: "I have a pain in my chest."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 20, 2013 12:05 PM (aDwsi)

158 On the positive side, for years (centuries possibly), educators will be able to reference this president and this administration as a near perfect example when teaching classes on competence.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at December 20, 2013 12:05 PM (BZAd3)

159 Why? Jesus WAS a Jew.... Posted by: Romeo13 at December 20, 2013 04:04 PM (lZBBB) Errr... but, to the Jews, wasn't a he a blaspheming traitor?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at December 20, 2013 12:05 PM (PYAXX)

160 >>>I wish Harry Reid a full recovery along with a political conversion to conservatism. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 20, 2013 04:04 PM (BC6cY)<<<

Like those people who are in a coma and wake up and speak a different language.

Posted by: please, Fate, make this happen at December 20, 2013 12:05 PM (3lCIV)

161 Maybe it's a publicity stunt for the best Transformers movie ever. Posted by: Lincolntf Yeah. Transformers VII: Revelations

Posted by: rickb223 at December 20, 2013 12:07 PM (GjYxB)

162 I do!
Posted by: Bawney Frank
Sorry, Bawney, it doesn't come in chocolate.

Posted by: tony weiner at December 20, 2013 12:07 PM (YQUIz)

163 Like those people who are in a coma and wake up and speak a different language. Posted by: please, -------------- While on a mission trip, doing some building, I smacked my thumb with a hammer. Some who were around me say that I began to speak in tongues.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 20, 2013 12:08 PM (aDwsi)

164 Dear God. I'm reasonably certain the crappy pure text only website I used to have and which I hand coded had better security than that.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 12:08 PM (VtjlW)

165

Why? Jesus WAS a Jew....

But, the important question is was he white? And, can he be replaced this be replaced by a giant penguin statue. Afterall, we don't want to offend the many atheists that visit Jew-land every kwanza.

Posted by: havildar-major at December 20, 2013 12:08 PM (kduZC)

166

Jews building a Jesus statue? Anyone else seeing the problem here?

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 04:01 PM (x3YFz)

Well, Israel is indeed the Jewish homeland, but it's not inhabited nor visited solely by Jews. Building a statue to Jesus of Nazareth in Nazareth is pretty reasonable, given that he was kind of an important guy in history regardless of your religious leanings. And anyway, tourism dollars never hurt!

The fact that they get to stick a thumb in the muzzies' eyes? Just a bonus.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 12:09 PM (4df7R)

167 A workstation? So they were physically in a Treasury building?

I guess I should read the report to see if they tried remote penetration. See if Treasury has things like IDS, DMZ, and oh lets say a few firewalls.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2013 12:09 PM (dW1LP)

168 A workstation? So they were physically in a Treasury building? ----------- Workplace incident.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 20, 2013 12:10 PM (aDwsi)

169 I'm reasonably certain the crappy pure text only website I used to have and which I hand coded had better security than that.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at December 20, 2013 04:08 PM (VtjlW)

First generation Angelfire websites put together by A/V geeks had better security than 404care.gov.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 12:11 PM (4df7R)

170

Um, so, I'm sure this was discussed while I was away doing work things, but, um, WTF?

Chuck Todd @chucktodd

HHS has clarified: if u got a cancellation notice, bought insurance but thot price was too high, u can cancel and now sign up for bare bones

2:07 PM - 20 Dec 2013

Um... What. The fuck?

Did anyone actually ask the INSURANCE AGENCIES about thsi?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/s][/u][/b] at December 20, 2013 12:13 PM (4df7R)

171 500 years from now, I wonder if the computers at Starfleet Academy will be more secure. I hope Starfleet is privatized, because I cannot conceive that the fate of the galaxy will be put in the hands of government employees.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at December 20, 2013 12:13 PM (Ec6wH)

172 Sorry, Bawney, it doesn't come in chocolate.

Posted by: tony weiner at December 20, 2013 04:07 PM (YQUIz)

It does if it's in me!!!

/Bawney

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at December 20, 2013 12:13 PM (fwARV)

173 As to what Jews think of Jesus, as with any other opinion, down to "what's the colour of the sky" it depends on which Jew you ask and how and often where and when. In the Babylonian Talmud, Jesus is somewhat infamously treated as one who encouraged idolatry (worship of himself), yes. Peter SchÃ¤fer's book explains why - because they were in a somewhat lightspirited struggle for converts in Babylonia under the Sasanian Empire, with the Christians and Mandaeans, and no-one was going to get hurt as long as a "none of the above" like the Zoroastrians were in charge. Elsewhere the Jews have historically been more guarded. They didn't want to insult Muslims either (who also object to Jesus claiming to be an idolator). Lately Jews have got into the textual-criticism thing, and so wonder if Jesus was actually a Hanina Bar Dosa sort of sage whose teachings were corrupted by his apostles. That wouldn't insult Jesus, exactly, but it does kind of annoy people who believe said apostles (mostly Paul and the Johannines).

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo says, free toby at December 20, 2013 12:14 PM (SyRME)

174 Well, I have a garden gnome, so I'll front the Israelis the Jesus statue. Who am I to judge?

Posted by: tangonine at December 20, 2013 12:14 PM (x3YFz)

175 Nood

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at December 20, 2013 12:15 PM (bCEmE)

176 Why is Barney Frank the butt of so many jokes?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 20, 2013 12:15 PM (aDwsi)

177 >>>HHS has clarified: if u got a cancellation notice, bought insurance but thot price was too high, u can cancel and now sign up for bare bones <<<

But if you're on Medicaid, you can never get away, and we still get to take your stuff when you die (or we death panel you).

Suckers.

Posted by: HHS at December 20, 2013 12:16 PM (3lCIV)

178 Big Fat Meanie, short answer is no.

USS Yamato got whacked by a rogue virus that got into their computer systems. Either the writers never studied computer security or Star Fleet thinks they can't get hacked. Which is very silly since James T. Kirk hacked the Kobayashi Maru simulation.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2013 12:16 PM (dW1LP)

179 Sorry, Bawney, it doesn't come in chocolate. Posted by: tony weiner at December 20, 2013 04:07 PM (YQUIz) Not my best career move

Posted by: Unemployed Lyndor 'cream' Filler at December 20, 2013 12:16 PM (fWAjv)

180 But I'm the admin so I used the username "admin" and then it asked me to set password so I typed "password" just like it told me.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 20, 2013 12:23 PM (SY2Kh)

181 Treasiry Department, eh? The Department that used to run the Secret Service and the BATF? I wonder what a similar audit of DHS would show? The DOE lab I work for would have regular network security audits like that. We didn't have firewalls because of the collaboration our open research needed, so the White Hats thought we'd be easy to break into. What we had instead were programs that watched network traffic and looked for patterns that hackers would use, then their connections would get shut down. The White Hats would just get started on their break-in when they'd get cut off by our system, they'd have to switch to a different computer which would also get cut off, eventually they ran out of computers. We also regularly searched our password hashes for weak passwords and scanned our own network for un-patched or unsecured computers which were then put in a network jailhouse until they were fixed. The White Hats hated us. Said our security was sub-standard because we didn't use firewalls like the conventional wisdom said we should, and could we please turn off our security system so they could prove it. We declined to accommodate them. As time went on, firewall-protected networks were shown to lack security in depth as the firewall bred complacency. A hard shell with a gooey low-security middle -- easy to take over once you found a way through the shell. The way our lab did things is now the standard.

Posted by: Socratease at December 20, 2013 12:54 PM (3V4IJ)

182 My buddy S. Kylab said that these systems will be a lot more secure once the "interface glitches" are taken care of. Pretty sure he was referring to the human part of the interface.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at December 20, 2013 12:59 PM (EiDLD)

183 These people could easily make 5 or 10 times as much in the private sector.

Posted by: Typical GS 1 million pain in the ass civilian at December 20, 2013 01:03 PM (G7Yr9)

184 Socratease, DoE in July had a security breach. Every DoE exployee's PII was stolen including their passwords and challenge questions.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2013 01:14 PM (dW1LP)

185 But the security at OCC was adequate. Thank God for that! The bureaucrats are safe!

Posted by: Maximus at December 20, 2013 01:20 PM (P9anf)

186 Here is the Ars Technica article on the Dept of Energy security breach. 104,000 people affected. Third breach since 2011.

http://tinyurl.com/lmswfo6

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2013 01:26 PM (dW1LP)

187 Just remember that "format c:" is your friend...

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie ® at December 20, 2013 02:07 PM (BDH94)

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