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[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"][h3] FBI Password Database Compromised by Consultant
[/h3]An IT consultant for the FBI, hired to work on their new 'Trilogy' computer system, apparently [a href="vny!://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003107651_fbi06.html"]got hold of the username and password hash databases[/a] for the FBI's network. He then used a common dictionary attack to get usable passwords out of the hashes, including that of FBI director Robert Muller, making him able to access virtually any data stored electronically at the FBI, including Witness Protection program records. The consultant, Joseph Thomas Colon, claims he used the passwords to avoid bureaucratic obstacles, and that his actions were condoned by the FBI agents he was working with at the agency.
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Remember folks, these are the people protecting you and I from terrorists. Riiiiiight.
