Pr3++yG33kyTh1ng

Here's a problem:
The Department of Homeland Security is in charge of protecting us from cyber-terrorists.
In a report released recently, senior officials in that agency acknowledged 800 computer break-ins in the past two years (over one per day, by my admittedly shaky math) including virus outbreaks, compromised systems, stolen laptops containing unknown data, and stolen passwords -- On their own internal computers.
This is a sore spot for me, because I know why they get hacked like n00bz.
The reason is simple -- They are n00bz.
I almost (almost) accepted a position (badge, gun, car and caseload) with the FBI cyber-crimes division. However, I could not afford to.
Government salaried computer jobs like these pay half (or a little less than half) of the current (depressed) private sector I.T. rate. For us, the desire to live indoors outweighed my desire to crack hippie skulls, though I'm still bitter about it.
If the government is serious about stopping cyber crime, they have to offer incentives to get qualified people to do the work.
This is not intended as a slight on the men and women who work hard for the DHS. This is a request that someone send them some help.
Eight-Hundred times in two years, someone maliciously compromised the computer systems of the people responsible for protecting ours.