Infected Govt. Computers Facing March 8 Shutdown
Computers used by nearly half of the government’s major agencies may be forced offline early next month. Researchers from the security firm Internet Identity reported at least one computer or router within 27 of 55 government entities was infected with the DNSChanger virus. The virus works by forcing infected machines to communicate with fraudulent and [...]
President Obama plans to build upon the Bush Administration’s Einstein 3 cyber security plan using National Security Agency (NSA) technology, according to Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reports. The telephone company AT&T Inc. will most likely be used for the Einstein pilot test site, according to government officials. The Einstein program began in 2003 through the Department of Homeland [...]
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