WashPost: Consultant broke FBI computer security using off the shelf software

["Joe Pezzillo" <jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Able to access 38,000 passwords, witness protection info, etc., did  
it "simply" to get around the "bureaucracy" of the security  
system...also interesting that he appears to have had insider  
complicity and/or approval in doing so...

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/05/ 
AR2006070501489_pf.html

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Consultant Breached FBI's Computers
Frustrated by Bureaucracy, Hacker Says Agents Approved and Aided  
Break-Ins
By Eric M. Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 6, 2006; A05

A government consultant, using computer programs easily found on the  
Internet, managed to crack the FBI's classified computer system and  
gain the passwords of 38,000 employees, including that of FBI  
Director Robert S. Mueller III.

[...]

Colon, 28, an employee of BAE Systems who was assigned to the FBI  
field office in Springfield, Ill., said in court filings that he used  
the passwords and other information to bypass bureaucratic obstacles  
and better help the FBI install its new computer system. And he said  
agents in the Springfield office approved his actions.