http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081003.AUDIT03/TPStory/National The Canadian Press October 3, 2008 EDMONTON -- Weak computer security across the Alberta government allowed sophisticated hackers to worm their way into the system, Auditor-General Fred Dunn reported yesterday. Mr. Dunn says the hackers, possibly criminals from Asia or Eastern Europe, left signs that they had been inside Alberta's computer network. "Footprints were there that people have gone in and looked and seen," he told reporters. "We don't know what they did with it, we don't know how it was used, but they were there." Mr. Dunn's latest report warns that health-care records and drivers' licence data are not well protected. "Confidential or sensitive information may be at risk of compromise without warning," says the report. "Because information security in the government is not consistently enforced, all information assets are exposed to unacceptable risk." Mr. Dunn says his department found that hacking into government computers was "easier than it should have been." He says 400 computer systems were targeted in his review, but the investigation stopped after 69 systems were checked. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Sun Oct 05 2008 - 23:20:57 PDT
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