Monday, July 25, 2011

You're Outta Here

U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) director Randy Vickers resigned his position Friday, effective immediately.

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DHS has not provided a reason for Vickers' sudden departure .

  Information Week

Murdoch?

More likely he was asked to go spend time with his family since there have been so many embarrassments of petty and not-so-petty hacking of US agency sites lately.

In the last month and a half, federal organizations that have experienced attacks include the Navy, the FBI, and the CIA. Federal contractors that handle sensitive and confidential government information also have been the targets of hackers, including Booz Allen Hamilton and IRC Federal.

Or maybe Vickers did know something and decided to be in the wind when the rest of us find out.

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