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- - ferg On 5/13/09, InfoSec News <[email protected]> wrote: > http://fcw.com/articles/2009/05/13/web-dhs-hsin-intrusion-hack.aspx > > By Ben Bain > FCW.com > May 13, 2009 > > Homeland Security Information Network suffers intrusions > > The Homeland Security Department’s platform for sharing sensitive but > unclassified data with state and local authorities was hacked recently, > a DHS official has confirmed. > > The intrusion into the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) was > confirmed to Federal Computer Week by Harry McDavid, the chief > information officer for DHS’ Office of Operations Coordination and > Planning. McDavid said the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team > reported an intrusion into the system in late March. The initial hack > was brief and limited, and it was followed by a more extensive hack in > early April, McDavid said. > > The hacker or hackers gained access to the data by getting into the HSIN > account of a federal employee or contractor, McDavid said. The bulk of > the data obtained was federal, but some state information was also > accessed, he added, and the organizations that owned the data and > Congress were notified of the intrusion. > > The files that were accessed contained administrative data such as > telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of state and federal employees. > However, an investigation into the incidents has found that no Social > Security numbers, driver's license numbers or financial data were > obtained, McDavid said. > > [...] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFKC+Kvq1pz9mNUZTMRAlgqAJwN2VTdihxwFgwURdKK1WL0EAHAMACgu4pC BfWfN7mPnDwIXX/tmCnlMg4= =77WH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
