Secretário-geral do Sistema de Segurança Interna toma posse
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O juiz conselheiro Mário Mendes toma posse esta quinta-feira como secretário-geral do Sistema de Segurança Interna na residência oficial do primeiro-ministro, José Sócrates.
O magistrado garantiu ontem à Comissão Parlamentar de Assuntos Constitucionais, Direitos, Liberdades e Garantias, que não vai haver qualquer interferência do Governo nas funções que vai desempenhar. Mário Mendes garantiu no Parlamento que nunca dará a ninguém qualquer informação que não possa dar nem haverá qualquer interferência do Governo nas suas funções. "Ninguém, nem o primeiro-ministro, nem os senhores ministros me vão pedir informação que eu não posso dar. Da mesma forma que estou certo que se me as pedirem eu não as dou", disse o magistrado judicial na Comissão Parlamentar de Assuntos Constitucionais, Direitos, Liberdades e Garantias. O secretário-geral do Sistema de Segurança Interna fica na dependência directa do Primeiro-ministro. Novo cargo criado com a Lei de Segurança Interna O cargo de secretário-geral do Sistema de Segurança Interna foi recentemente criado no âmbito da Lei de Segurança Interna, tendo sido o Juiz Mário Mendes escolhido pelo primeiro-ministro no final de Agosto. O convite ao juiz conselheiro, que exerceu funções no Supremo Tribunal de Justiça e foi director nacional da Polícia Judiciária, surgiu após proposta dos ministros da Administração Interna e da Justiça. A Lei de Segurança Interna atribui ao secretário-geral funções de coordenação das forças policiais e de segurança em situações como ataques a órgãos de soberania, hospitais, prisões e escolas, sistemas de abastecimento de água e electricidade, bem como estradas e transportes colectivos. Quem é Mário Mendes Mário Mendes era ao tempo da escolha para o novo cargo, Juiz-conselheiro, a exercer funções no Supremo Tribunal de Justiça. Além das funções de magistrado, Mário Mendes possui um vasto currículo. Exerceu as funções de director-geral da Polícia Judiciária (PJ), foi conselheiro técnico principal para a área da Justiça e Administração Interna junto da REPER, em Bruxelas, e exerceu o cargo de director do Centro de Estudos Judiciários (CEJ).
RTP2008-10-09 09:01:13
quinta-feira, 9 de outubro de 2008
segunda-feira, 6 de outubro de 2008
Hardware 'marado' em instalações militares
Fake Electronic Components Cause Military Malfunctions, Possibly International Espionage
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 4:00 AM on October 5, 2008
BusinessWeek reports that counterfeit hardware has been found to be the cause of several malfunctions in high-level military machinery. The phony infiltration has a distinct possibility of leading to espionage or sabotage. In other words, move over, Meizu M8: you're not the biggest faker in town anymore.
Several crashes of military aircraft can be attributed to knockoff chips, but more insidiously, internal military data might be at risk. Melissa E. Hathaway, a head of cybersecurity at the FBI, says, "Counterfeit products have been linked to the crash of mission-critical networks, and may also contain hidden 'back doors' enabling network security to be bypassed and sensitive data accessed [by hackers, thieves, and spies]." Robert P. Ernst, who investigates counterfeiting for the U.S. Navy, estimates that 15% of the spare or replacement microchips bought by the Pentagon are fake. Where do these parts actually come from?
Made in, as BusinessWeek colourfully puts it, the "Chinese hinterland," a lot of these components are made on the cheap and sold to the government for much less than name-brands can offer. To be fair, no evidence of terrifying espionage has been found; all of the problems are due to crappy chips failing to work at the worst times, which really should have been expected, since the military has been paying half the price for the same product.
But you can start to take off that tin foil hat, because steps are being taken. After the inquiries the military has decided to effect a rule requiring the source of all chips be ascertained before they place a bid. I'm satisfied, aren't you? [BusinessWeek]
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 4:00 AM on October 5, 2008
BusinessWeek reports that counterfeit hardware has been found to be the cause of several malfunctions in high-level military machinery. The phony infiltration has a distinct possibility of leading to espionage or sabotage. In other words, move over, Meizu M8: you're not the biggest faker in town anymore.
Several crashes of military aircraft can be attributed to knockoff chips, but more insidiously, internal military data might be at risk. Melissa E. Hathaway, a head of cybersecurity at the FBI, says, "Counterfeit products have been linked to the crash of mission-critical networks, and may also contain hidden 'back doors' enabling network security to be bypassed and sensitive data accessed [by hackers, thieves, and spies]." Robert P. Ernst, who investigates counterfeiting for the U.S. Navy, estimates that 15% of the spare or replacement microchips bought by the Pentagon are fake. Where do these parts actually come from?
Made in, as BusinessWeek colourfully puts it, the "Chinese hinterland," a lot of these components are made on the cheap and sold to the government for much less than name-brands can offer. To be fair, no evidence of terrifying espionage has been found; all of the problems are due to crappy chips failing to work at the worst times, which really should have been expected, since the military has been paying half the price for the same product.
But you can start to take off that tin foil hat, because steps are being taken. After the inquiries the military has decided to effect a rule requiring the source of all chips be ascertained before they place a bid. I'm satisfied, aren't you? [BusinessWeek]
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