The National Security Agency is creating new processes aimed at making it harder for systems administrators to misuse privileged access to agency systems, NSA officials told the U.S. House Intelligence Committee Tuesday.
Government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, as expected, today fired an IT employee who claimed responsibility for leaking documents that described highly classified government surveillance programs to the media.
A tweet sent by the hacker group <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062711-anonymous-claims-lulzsec-members-steps.html">Anonymous</a> at midnight yesterday claims the group has broken into the network of defense contractor ManTech International and intends to release seized documents within 24 hours.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/070811-anonymous-eyes-political-role-but.html">Anonymous</a> has posted names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of Monsanto employees, and is promising action against Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., Imperial Oil, the Royal Bank of Scotland and others.
The hacker group Anonymous claims it has stolen information from government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton that it says will help it hack into resources of other contractors and security consultants.