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| Massachusetts company with FBI links raided in terror probe |
| 2002-12-06 |
| A software company whose clients reportedly include the FBI was raided early Friday by Customs agents as part of a terrorist investigation, a federal law enforcement official said. The company, Ptech Inc., says its clients also include Naval air systems, the Air Force, NATO, the House of Representatives and the Energy Department. ABC News reported that the raid was coordinated by the White House and came in the middle of the night. A federal law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press confirmed the raid. "We're investigating whether a businessman on the list of alleged or potential terrorist financiers is a part-owner of the firm," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "The question is whether there is a potential for U.S. government computer systems being compromised. For example, does the software company have the ability to access computer systems using knowledge of the software?" Messages left with Quincy-based Ptech were not immediately returned, and no one could be seen at the company's office. A spokesman at Customs in Washington said information about the case was being handled by the U.S. attorney in Massachusetts. No one answered the door or the phone Friday at the home of the company's chairman and chief executive officer, Oussama Ziade. A woman who answered the phone at the home of vice president Hussein Ibrahim and declined to give her name said he was not available. Ummm... Not to do any "racial profiling" or anything, but who the hell gave an FBI software contract to a company run by somebody named Osama? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
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| Posted by: Anonymous 2002-12-07 18:21:04 |
| #2 This is the tip of the iceberg. Most top-of-the-line US software companies brag about the use of overseas 'development' staff, based on hyderabad and China. You think its likely they have been infiltrated? Imagine the consequences if someone was able to compromise the rollout of windows allowing a backdoor patch to be put onto every desktop and many servers ( ok, most every desktops and a few servers. Someday Linux will rule, just not today....) Remember gang, you dont have to blow up a a bank to destroy it, you just have to make people loose faith in the bank itself. if youve got access to the ERP software that tells the bank "whats up", its not that hard to make it seem like the bank is out of control, causing a run on the bank itself. Watch this one, its more interesting than it appears. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2002-12-06 18:35:05 |
| #1 Like any government contract, they just went with the lowest bid (or highest bidder, wink). |
| Posted by: Steve 2002-12-06 15:43:11 |