There is a more in-depth article about this at the Boston Globe [boston.com]. First ChoicePoint now this? How long until a major government database like one from the IRS gets hacked and information on almost every US citizen is available? Scary thought. - Cary --Fairfax Underground [fairfaxunderground.com]: Where Fairfax County comes out to play
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First ChoicePoint now this? How long until a major government database like one from the IRS gets hacked and information on almost every US citizen is available? Scary thought.
- Cary
--Fairfax Underground [fairfaxunderground.com]: Where Fairfax County comes out to play
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1. No one knows EBCDIC anymore.
2. It's hard to cause a buffer overrun in 80 columns.
3. It takes a long time to download information at 300 Baud.
Seriously, their computers can process over nine tax returns per day. Do you really think you can crack them?
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When?
When they get hacked?
How about "when they get hacked so frequently that a court of law forces them to close their website to stop the deluge of leaked information"?
3 times.