FAA Network Hacked

coondoggie writes "The Federal Aviation Administration has joined the growing list of government agencies that have had their supposedly safe systems hacked. The agency this week notified about 45,000 employees that one of its servers was hacked into and employee personal identity information was stolen. The FAA was quick to say the server that was accessed was not connected to the operation of the air traffic control system or any other FAA operational system. It did say two of the 48 files on the breached computer server contained personal information about more than 45,000 FAA employees and retirees who were on the FAA's rolls as of the first week of February 2006."

Re:NOTE: This is NOT the ATC network

[radtea]

I'm sure that will be a great comfort to the people who are subject to identity theft because of this breach.

Re:NOTE: This is NOT the ATC network

[DrLang21]

How is it anymore absurd and excessive than a private boat? SUVs are more excessive than a private Cessna since you drive the SUV everywhere, whereas most private pilots fly for a couple hours a week or even less often. Are you seriously trying poke at the fuel consumption of private aviation? I don't have any numbers to go on here, but from the pilots I know, and the inefficient use of cars that I see (including my own), private aviation has nothing on the excessive fuel consumption of private vehicles. As it is, the cost of fuel has grounded a lot of private pilots (as well as historical aircraft associations who can no longer afford to fly their fuel hogging aircraft for your education). If you want to make an argument that they're all part of the air pollution problem, that's fine. But there are lots of people in your own back yard who are far bigger contributors to that problem than private aviation.

Re:NOTE: This is NOT the ATC network

[Anonymous Coward]

You don't own the sky above your land. And you are just greedy and want a handout, don't pretend to be concerned about "environmental pollution".

Re:Hacked? Or Cracked?

[ShinmaWa]

Oh get off your 133tist high-horse.

You know, or should know at any rate, that language changes over time. The correct definition of a word is the one that people actually understand. Like it or not, when people say "hacked" in this context, people understand that it means "illicitly and illegally accessing a computer system". I understand that, everyone else understands that, and therefore -- like it or not -- it is now the definition of the word.

When are YOU ever going to get that the definition has evolved and changed? YOU are the one clinging to a deprecated and archaic definition of the word that only a very small percentage of the population knows, and an even smaller percentage actually cares about.

P.S. Same goes for "piracy".

Re:Uhh Ohh!

[edsousa]

Only in the world of 24? The representation of the governments made in 24 could be the most authentic ever made...