Comment Re:Batman and Porky Pig (Score 5, Funny) 423
That's The Brave and the B-B-B... The Brave and the B-B-B... The Brave and the B-B-B-Enterprising
Air Force To Rewrite the Rules of the Internet 547
meridiangod writes "The Air Force is fed up with a seemingly endless barrage of attacks on its computer networks from stealthy adversaries whose motives and even locations are unclear. So now the service is looking to restore its advantage on the virtual battlefield by doing nothing less than the rewriting the 'laws of cyberspace.'" I'm sure that'll work out really well for them.
IRS Rolls Out Risky Tax Processing Systems 66
GovIT Geek writes to tell us that, despite known security issues, the IRS has decided to roll out two new applications for tax processing systems. "The [IRS inspector general] concluded in a September annual audit that security weaknesses in the agency's updated tax processing systems could enable malicious intruders to gain unauthorized access to taxpayer information and prevent the IRS from recovering applications during an emergency. The Customer Account Data Engine is a tax processing tool being deployed in phases to replace the existing repositories of taxpayer information, while the Account Management Services systems aim to provide employees with faster and better access to taxpayer account data."
Comment Re:That's your excuse?? (Score 5, Funny) 1103
Yes, rednecks as opposed to idiots.
