Crackers Steal Med Records; Blackmail Gov’t
A long time ago, I called for the death penalty when it comes to individuals who break into computer systems for the purposes of malicious mischief. Such malfeasance costs businesses and individuals big bucks for security software.
The punks have stolen millions of medical records and are blackmailing the government.
The FBI is investigating a $10 million ransom demand by a hacker or hackers who say they have stolen nearly 8.3 million patient records from a Virginia government Web site that tracks prescription drug abuse, an FBI official confirmed Wednesday.
This really takes balls or an assumption that if caught, they would never jail a kid for this… because we don’t.
Asked whether people’s personal information is secure, the official said he couldn’t say.
This is what happens when you allow punks to crack into presidential candidate emails or into The Pentagon mainframe and the left argues against punishment.
Here’s the dirty little secret: Law enforcement pats themselves on the back when they go after some young kids selling crack on the street. But we haven’t gone after these young crackers because they’re the sons and daughters of the privileged elite.
Crackers have been further empowered by government inaction, and guess who always loses when government screws up…?
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May 6th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
wonderful.
May 6th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
now I actually agree with you on the death penalty for hackers. They know too much, and can cause too much..to put it lightly.
Gets me wondering where the right wing hackers are to expose BHO’s record so we can finally put this nightmare behind us. I’d love to hear that in the news “..it took a HACKER to bring down the usurper, and expose the hoax to the world..”
unlikely, but how cool would that be?
May 6th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Systems containing confidential data and/or providing critical services should not be connected to outside networks.
Insiders with access to same systems should be audited.
The “security experts” in government, military, etc., should be held accountable for their repeated lapses in judgement.
Obama’s plan to store and distribute all medical records electronically should be shelved, until he can prove the security of the associated systems, networks, and provide a procedure to ensure insiders will not exploit that information. A Gheitner outline would be insufficient to support this action.
On a related note, the Universal Health Care agenda should be shelved, until the government can identify the source of costs and mitigating solutions. You cannot just throw money as a solution at a problem and hope it sticks.
May 7th, 2009 at 12:04 am
That’s why you have to make the money sticky, first!
May 7th, 2009 at 12:33 am
A prime example of why Obama’s health (Hillary) care initiative that was snuck into the so-called “Stimulus Bill” should never see the light of day.
Hackers such as this example should serve some prison time if caught, but more importantly, they are actually doing a service by holding the security folks heels to the fire. If this hacker can access this info, imagine what an unfriendly foe might be able to do.
The cyber-wars are fully under-way right now, and have been for years.
May 7th, 2009 at 2:06 am
while i hope that pesky little jerk gets nothing out of this but perhaps a black eye, there’s no way in hell that the government needs to be tracking the prescription drug usage of 8.3 million people… not sure who i want to win here, i kind of want both parties to lose
May 7th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Whatever happened to the 20 year old who hacked into Palin’s e mail during the election. I would bet he also got a slap on the wrist and sent back to college. At the same time we are letting these guys off I am reading where the FBI arrested a 16 yo in north carolina in March under the patriot act. The kid has been in jail for 2 mos. almost incommunicado. His name is Ashton Lundeby and the evidence is weak or non existent from what I have read. It looks like the government is using the patriot act to cover up their own incompetence. Real justice is hard to come by these days.