Randy Vickers , Director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team ( US - CERT ) , is outta there . With neither admonition nor explanation , Vickers free from defending government and secret sector networks from attack , Information Week reports . Which does excuse his release .
This summer has seen one of the most brilliant and stern hacking fling in recent memory — perchance ever . Hacker work party like LulzSec and Anonymous burst into newspaper headline , bonk the Senate , CIA , AT&T , Sony , and other biggest of the big name calling . Vickers ’ job was to make certain these servers stay put un - busted . They did n’t . His replacement will have a very unpleasant chore wait . [ Information Week ]
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