The Goat Pen

Professor Tiger wrote:

She did what her predecessor did (I know, he's not running for prez), but she nor Powell are being accused of anything malicious.

Powell was Secretary of State in a very different time when it came to cyber security. He probably used a dial-up modem for his Windows 2000 operating system. That was a time before hackers were routinely stealing Anthem, Blue Cross, Home Depot, Target, the whole US Government Office of Personnel Management database, etc.

The threat to, and disastrous consequences of, hacking a Secretary of State's email is far greater today than 15 years ago.

1980
The FBI investigates a breach of security at National CSS. The New York Times, reporting on the incident in 1981, describes hackers as[5]
technical experts; skilled, often young, computer programmers, who almost whimsically probe the defenses of a computer system, searching out the limits and the possibilities of the machine. Despite their seemingly subversive role, hackers are a recognized asset in the computer industry, often highly prized

1981
Captain Zap: Ian Murphy, known to his friends as Captain Zap, was the first cracker to be tried and convicted as a felon. Murphy broke into AT&T's computers in 1981 and changed the internal clocks that metered billing rates. People were getting late-night discount rates when they called at midday. Of course, the bargain-seekers who waited until midnight to call long distance were hit with high bills.[6]

1983
The 414s break into 60 computer systems at institutions ranging from the Los Alamos National Laboratory to Manhattan's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.[7] The incident appeared as the cover story of Newsweek with the title "Beware: Hackers at play".[8] As a result, the U.S. House of Representatives held hearings on computer security and passed several laws.

1986
After more and more break-ins to government and corporate computers, Congress passes the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which makes it a crime to break into computer systems. The law, however, does not cover juveniles.

Robert Schifreen and Stephen Gold are convicted of accessing the Telecom Gold account belonging to the Duke of Edinburgh under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 in the United Kingdom, the first conviction for illegally accessing a computer system. On appeal, the conviction is overturned as hacking is not within the legal definition of forgery.[15]

1988
The Morris Worm. Graduate student Robert T. Morris, Jr. of Cornell University launches a worm on the government's ARPAnet (precursor to the Internet). [18][19] The worm spreads to 6,000 networked computers, clogging government and university systems. Robert Morris is dismissed from Cornell, sentenced to three years probation, and fined $10,000.

First National Bank of Chicago is the victim of $70-million computer theft.

1994
Summer: Russian crackers siphon $10 million from Citibank and transfer the money to bank accounts around the world. Vladimir Levin, the 30-year-old ringleader, uses his work laptop after hours to transfer the funds to accounts in Finland and Israel. Levin stands trial in the United States and is sentenced to three years in prison. Authorities recover all but $400,000 of the stolen money.

1996
Hackers alter Web sites of the United States Department of Justice (August), the CIA (October), and the U.S. Air Force (December).

The U.S. General Accounting Office reports that hackers attempted to break into Defense Department computer files some 250,000 times in 1995 alone. About 65 percent of the attempts were successful, according to the report.

THE_WIZARD_ wrote:...if I had a wife that would be pretty fucking funny...idiot

Johnette's Daddy wrote:

Professor Tiger wrote:

She did what her predecessor did (I know, he's not running for prez), but she nor Powell are being accused of anything malicious.

Powell was Secretary of State in a very different time when it came to cyber security. He probably used a dial-up modem for his Windows 2000 operating system. That was a time before hackers were routinely stealing Anthem, Blue Cross, Home Depot, Target, the whole US Government Office of Personnel Management database, etc.

The threat to, and disastrous consequences of, hacking a Secretary of State's email is far greater today than 15 years ago.

Horse crap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_ ... er_history

All that was BEFORE Powell became SecState and that's just the stuff that is acknowledged. It has long been believed that China has successfully hacked State and DoD computers back in 2002.

Professor Tiger wrote: I must admit, hearing "It was all Colin Powell's (i.e. the Great Uncle Tom's) fault" is a refreshing change from "it was all Bush's fault." But according to the IG report:

Plus, Colin is married to a black woman from Birmingham named Alma. If your wife is a black woman from Birmingham named Alma, your Black card is good for life regardless of whatever else you do in life (even if you, yourself, are not black).

Clarence "Uncle Tom" Thomas
Ward "Uncle Tom" Connerly
Armstrong "Uncle Tom" Williams
Herman "Uncle Tom" Cain
Ben "Uncle Tom" Carson
Juan "Uncle Tom" Williams
Rev. Jesse Lee "Uncle Tom" Paterson
Larry "Uncle Tom" Elder
Angela "Aunt Chloe" McGlowan
Mia "Aunt Chloe" Love
Erick "Uncle Tom" Rush
Condoleeza "Aunt Chloe" Rice
Alan "Uncle Tom" Keyes
Ken "Uncle Tom" Blackwell
Joe "Uncle Tom" Rogers
Lynn "Uncle Tom" Swann (a crying shame)
Ron "Uncle Tom" Christie
Tim "Uncle Tom" Scott

LMK if you need clarification on anyone else.

10ac wrote:Damn, Powell won't get my vote!