They should never hire these kiddiots. They used default passwords and canned exploits, very little knowledge and no skill there. In fact these kiddiots didn't even show us that are government computers are insecure. Some computers have to be connected to the net and others are suppose to be on private networks not connected in any way to the internet. The reports I have read say the two accessed servers that were suppose to be on the internet. When it comes to the security of the governments computers I am more worried about their ability to detect intruders quickly than to totally prevent them. What these two did does not represent what any terrorist organization or foreign government would do. These two gained unauthorized access and then defaced the computer showing the world they got in. Any organization that was a serious threat and attacking our computers would likely have done research and found new vulnerabilitys that were not public. So having a system that is up t

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