DoJ fiddles while FBI & DHS burn (after trivial hack of U.S. employee data)

U.S. DHS and FBI staff see their directory info stolen by pro-Palestine hacktivists. The self-styled DotGovs group says it broke into DoJ networks to leech the data, via spear-phishing plus social engineering.

The hackers also say they still have a load more info that remains unpublished. At least, for now.

Is it worrying that none of the three three-letter agencies are perturbed? Their official statements seem soothing and full of calm. Yet the hack sounds really simple.

In IT Blogwatch, bloggers point and laugh at yet another gov-opsec fail. Not to mention: Polygon Shredder...

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