Carrie
09-26-2003, 01:59 PM
source:p2pnet.net (http://http://www.p2pnet.net/article/8179)
A study into p2p apps on government systems has revealed glaring security holes.
When a staff group experimented with Kazaa’s Find More from Same User feature, among other 'personal' files they found:
• Military information on chemical warfare
• Correspondence from the office of a state senator to constituents
• Internal correspondence on state political organization
• Sensitive business correspondence, including memos on board of directors decision making
• Navy medical records
They were preparing a report for reps Tom Davis and Henry Waxman, chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Government Reform.
As a result, a mere day after it was introduced yesterday, legislation to guard US federal agency computers against p2p apps was passed by the House Government Reform Committee.
read more here (http://www.p2pnet.net/article/8179)
A study into p2p apps on government systems has revealed glaring security holes.
When a staff group experimented with Kazaa’s Find More from Same User feature, among other 'personal' files they found:
• Military information on chemical warfare
• Correspondence from the office of a state senator to constituents
• Internal correspondence on state political organization
• Sensitive business correspondence, including memos on board of directors decision making
• Navy medical records
They were preparing a report for reps Tom Davis and Henry Waxman, chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Government Reform.
As a result, a mere day after it was introduced yesterday, legislation to guard US federal agency computers against p2p apps was passed by the House Government Reform Committee.
read more here (http://www.p2pnet.net/article/8179)