I find this post pretty amusing since a couple of days ago I was responding to an article about government laptops being stolen with millions of identities at risk.  I mean heck, if teenagers have the capabilities of breaking into government systems, that should raise a red flag that they need to be secured a little better.  Granted, I can’t give the teenagers all of the credit since the hacking tools that are becoming freely available are becoming more sophisticated while becoming more user-friendly at the same time.  Even though that is the case, governments on a global scale really need to amp up the security measures put into computers… especially laptops.

Fine Gael is calling on the Government to beef up its computer security systems following revelations that 80 departmental laptops have been lost or stolen in the past five years.

Reports this morning say 12 laptops have been stolen from the Department of the Environment, while five have been taken from the Department of Social and Family Affairs.

Two were stolen from the Taoiseach’s office last year and number of government-controlled websites have also fallen victim to hackers in recent weeks.[more]

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