From the Department of Um, Perhaps This Was Not Such A Good Idea
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Their hearts were pure and their brains were mush. (The DOJ hoaxers, that is.)
M. Stowe Posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 3:29 PMBetter that the Justice Department expose security holes then sensitive information being collected by scam artists. Lesson learned....
N. Elias Posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 8:32 PMIT at my Air Force Base has sometimes run tests to see whether employees will respond to messages requesting passwords and other information we are not supposed to give out. I wonder how many at DoJ responded to the email, potentially compromising themselves and the DoJ email system?
wallyp Posted Monday, February 2, 2009 7:38 AMThank you DoJ for showing would-be hackers how disruptive even the threat of a scam can be to normal operations. When are you releasing your "how-to" manual for hackers to use?
JT Posted Monday, February 2, 2009 8:49 AM