HARVEST, Ala. (AP) — “Cody Stewart is done owning a home for a little while. He has lost his house to tornadoes twice in 10 months.

A killer twister wiped out his neighborhood in the epic Alabama storms April 27, causing Stewart $40,000 worth of damage that forced him to temporarily move in with his parents. In his house for less than two months with repairs still incomplete, another tornado hit again Friday, March 2nd, ripping off the roof, slinging it into the backyard and leaving the walls bowed outward. This time, the damage is beyond repair.”

 

Are you waiting for your Twister?

Sounds like an exotic drink doesn’t it?

NASA should be charged with DWI.

Apparently, they have been sipping  the ‘yak’ far too long. The March 2011 theft of their unencrypted computer was one of 5,408 cybersecurity incidents.

According to the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) report, among their many offenses, they have been found guilty on the following counts:

• Chief Information Officer Lacks Visibility of and Oversight Authority for key NASA IT Assets

• Shortcomings in Implementing Continuous Monitoring of IT Security

• NASA lags far behind other federal agencies in protecting data on Agency laptops

• Lack of readiness to combat sophisticated cyber attacks

 Nasa Cybersecurity: An Examination of the Agency’s Information Security.

And then there is BlueCross, BlueShield. Their ‘yak’ is the gift that just keeps on giving.

A 2009 data breach that has already cost BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee nearly $17 million got a little more expensive Tuesday, according to Computerworld.

So, how would you like your Twister?

Perhaps, with a touch of lemon?

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