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Bob Gould:
Federal agencies are not prepared to deal with the triple Internet menaces of spam, phishing and spyware, government auditors have concluded.
A survey of the largest federal agencies by the Government Accountability Office revealed that most agencies are suffering from junk e-mail and other online detritus--but not one has a plan in place to deal with the threat and all have received limited guidance on what to do.
"Our analysis of the incident-response plans or procedures provided by the 20 agencies showed that none specifically addressed spyware or phishing," says the GAO report that was published Monday.
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