Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computers. Show all posts

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Scary: NSA Utah data center spying so much it melts down...

Don't let the government lie to you and tell you they aren't collecting all your phone, email and voice communications. They are and it takes a huge amount of power. 

Via GIZMODO:
This is embarrassingly funny. The WSJ reports that the NSA's new Utah data center has suffered 10 meltdowns in the past 13 months because of electrical surges. The NSA is basically using so much power in its spying efforts that it is poetically killing its data centers. Seriously, the surges have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars in machinery.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Interesting: All IRS computer data is in the process of being locking down all computers...

I have a feeling the fecal material is about to hit the air impeller device on this one...

Via NRO:
The Internal Revenue Service is in the process of locking down all computer data across the agency, a sign that investigations into the scandal-plagued agency may be taking a broader sweep than initially anticipated.
Agency employees last Thursday received an e-mail alerting them, ”This is a late breaking top priority and things could change in the future,” according to an IRS employee who asked not to be named.
Employees were directed not to “wipe, re-image or otherwise destroy any hard drives” on any machine currently in use or in stock. During this time, the IRS will not discard any laptop and desktop computers that are replaced, and it is  ”working on securing a location” where they will be kept, according to the e-mail.
National Review Online previously reported that data on computer hard drives in the Tax Exempt and Government Entity division in Cincinnati was being preserved and uploaded to a restriccted server where investigators can access it.
Keep on reading…