Okay, who is to blame here? Gary McKinnon “said he got into the networks quite easily, simply by using a Perl script that searched for blank passwords. Embarrassingly for the US military, that means computers in the top-secret networks could be hacked using active default passwords.” I am embarrassed for the US military.
The System Administrators responsible for not locking up their secure military networks should be charged with treason. Leave the poor nerdy conspiracy theorist alone.
I know loads of Miltel data and network security specialists who are consummate professionals.
According to the BBC, Gary McKinnon, an unemployed system administrator, ‘did admit that he hacked into dozens of US government computer systems. In fact, he calmly detailed just how easy it was to access extremely sensitive information in those systems.’
‘”I found out that the US military use Windows,” said Mr McKinnon in that BBC interview. “And having realised this, I assumed it would probably be an easy hack if they hadn’t secured it properly.”‘
‘Using commercially available software, Mr McKinnon probed dozens of US military and government networks. He found many machines without adequate password or firewall protection. So, he simply hacked into them.’
