[Am-info] CA State Personnel Database Security Breach

[Fred A. Miller]

CA State Personnel Database Security Breach
Hackers breached security at California's state personnel database and
were able to see names, social security numbers and payroll information
about all 265,000 state workers.  The intrusion took place on April 5,
though it was not detected until May 7.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/05/25/MN179392.DTL
[Editor's (Schultz) Note: If you go to the URL for this news item,
you'll read a statement by Steve Maviglio, spokesperson for the
California governor's office, which essentially says "our security is
not that bad and besides, this kind of thing happens all the time."
The governor's office should instead take responsibility for what
happened and then investigate ways to improve security instead of
simply glossing it over.]

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Fred A. Miller
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