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California: State Government Web System Shutdown Takes Local Official by Surprise

Brad Breithaupt writes on the Marin Independent Journal:

A small Marin agency with the job of helping move cars and people up and down the freeway almost brought state government's access to the Internet super-highway to a grinding halt Tuesday night.

The Transportation Authority of Marin's Web site problem with a porn hacker prompted federal officials to pull the plug on California's "ca.gov" Web network, creating an emergency for the state Informational Technology Department until the connection was fully restored after several hours.

"The feds were probably taking appropriate action, but they were probably using a shotgun to kill a flea," said John Hanacek, spokesman for the state Department of Technology Services.

posted by Fergie @ 10/03/2007 06:42:00 PM