Actually, this makes me think the big spending was after this: "A follow-up note clarified that the infection affected just two computers. EDA "misunderstood" that message, according to the audit report. Believing it faced a widespread attack, it launched an all-hands-on-deck response that eventually involved four additional government teams, an outside cybersecurity contractor, and the complete shutdown of the EDA's email network."
Joe Heaton Enterprise Server Support CA Department of Fish and Wildlife 1807 13th Street, Suite 201 Sacramento, CA 95811 Desk: (916) 323-1284 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew S. Baker Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 6:57 AM To: ntsysadm Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] 3 million dollar malware "cleanup" In fairness, I don't think they knew it was non-existent (or, rather, that the scope was at sub-pandemic levels) until they had performed the investigation... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker<http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market... On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:49 AM, David Lum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yeah, problem is your conscience will get in the way of making really big money. $823K for investigating a non-existent infection??? From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Christopher Bodnar Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 6:43 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] 3 million dollar malware "cleanup" With the kind of money that the government seems to pay out to these contractors, I really think I should be in a consulting gig targeting government agencies. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [cid:[email protected]] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com<http://www.guardianlife.com/> From: Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Date: 07/10/2013 02:00 AM Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] 3 million dollar malware "cleanup" Sent by: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ I'm stuck between thinking this is unbelievable - and totally believable. -- Espi On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yikes http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/09/technology/security/commerce-malware/index.html?iid=Lead Sent from my Windows Phone ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you.
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