The Air Force Had a Totally Accidental Computer Disaster
http://gizmodo.com/the-air-force-had-a-totally-accidental-computer-disaste-1781973697?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29
Last Month, Lockheed Martin, the government contractor which
operates the servers that store sensitive information about
internal Air Force investigations, came to realize that all of
the data on said servers was missing. The apparent reason was
a run-of-the-mill system crash--but what caused that actual
crash is still unclear. Now, the United Stated Air Force is
reportedly missing all of its investigation records dating all
the way back to 2004. Whoops!
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Investigation records lost back to 2004. And no clear sense of what
backups may or may not exist. This is the same government that wants
access to our secure communications. Yeah.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently
doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone.
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