DHS insider hacking case reveals serious network security vulnerabilities
Suspected employees were on paid leave for a year; despite findings, no criminal charges were filed.
Recent interviews with current and former personnel involved in a 2008 federal investigation into hacking and other network abuse at an immigration application processing center in Texas portray an out-of-control information technology office at a key Homeland Security Department agency. The vulnerabilities exposed by the year-long probe raise troubling questions about the agency's ability to police insider threats and employee and contractor access to critical government networks. Read the rest at Nextgov.com.