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August 02, 2005

IT Security Barney Fief Award UPDATE

NJ IT staff gets call from reporter - Governor Codey gets involved - spam server poss. nixed

 

 

 I received a call today from Joe Donahue working for the investigations division of the New Jersey Star Ledger seeking further information from me about the state’s apparent IT security malaise. He said he contacted the state's IT department earlier today but still hasn’t heard back from them – which really seems like nothing new, but at least its good knowing their IT department treats all inquiries equally. Or maybe not. Some time after this the reporter received a call from Kelley Heck, apparently a secretary at acting governor Richard J. Codey's office, looking into the matter and leaving her information with him.

 

Now the sexy details and what will strike you as maybe a bit whimsically coincidental: as of today no more comment spam attempts are being made through their servers (well, knock on wood). This following a sudden, small rash of legitimate visits from their domain, which suggests to me that just maybe someone has finally arisen from their slumber at the capitol. I hope he or she didn’t spill his or her coffee, whoever he or she may be. I’d hate to hear Mc Donald’s is facing another lawsuit for coffee burns.

 

In the meantime I may hear from the Governor’s office tomorrow and if so I will hopefully be able to let you know that the state has officially secured its servers. So far it looks like good news.

 

Posted by Martin at August 2, 2005 05:35 PM

Comments

GOOD SHOW!

Posted by: CK-P at August 2, 2005 09:16 PM