October 13, 2018
by JohnCun •
AberWiki, Aberystwyth, Computers, Corporations, Game, Internet, Politics, Text
While thinking about how an ID database might be designed, implemented and rolled out with a budget of £3.1bn I decided to have a look into the government’s track record on IT open source projects wiki.
If you find any more government IT failures out there do add them here, I suggest limiting to failures of the UK government for now as otherwise this page could quickly become unmanageable.
| May 2001, Payroll system not delivered 9 years late |
| Company |
McDonnell Douglas Information Systems |
| Department |
Department of Finance and Personnel |
| Cost |
£3.3m |
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/15/civil_service_project/ |
| 2001, MoD Computers hacked ‘at least’ 48 times |
| Company |
n/a |
| Department |
Ministry of Defence |
| Cost |
unknown |
| http://www.vnunet.com/news/1128637 |
| 2002, Government website hands out money to ‘fraudsters’ |
| Company |
Capita |
| Department |
Department for Education and Skills |
| Cost |
Unknown |
| http://www.computerweekly.com/Article109438.htm |
| November 2004, 80,000 Staff Unable to process new pensions |
| Company |
Microsoft & Electronic Data Systems (EDS) |
| Department |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Cost |
unknown, but the support contract costs £2bn annually |
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4044085.stmhttp://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2203http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/26/dwp_network_outage/ |
| November 2004, Police in England & Wales unable to use fingerprint system NAFIS for over a week. |
| Company |
Northrop Grumman (TRW at time of implementation) |
| Department |
Police Information Technology Organisation (public-body) |
| Cost |
Implementation cost £88m |
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/02/nafis_comms_glitch/ |
| May 2006, 18,300 MOT testing centres disrupted by technical problems with MOT system delivered 4 years late. |
| Company |
Siemens Business Services |
| Department |
Ministry of Transport |
| Cost |
Implementation cost: £230mCompensation cost: unknown |
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/30/pcs_slams_mot_system_delays/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/16/mot_computer_crash/ |
Inland Revenue
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/11/eds_revenue_rage/
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/09/inland-revenue_destroys_1m_tax_records/
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/05/eds_wins_prisoner_deal/
- http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/04/19/inland_revenue_computers_back_to_future/
Benefits system
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/12/dwp_research_csa/
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/22/eds_revenue_again/
Gov computer stuff
- http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/07/12/homeoffice_thieves_paradise/
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/05/mps_openness_ogc/
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/27/id_card_costings/
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/14/eds_government_probe/
Corporate identity – new scandal over ID cards Has a list of Government IT Failures.
ScriptKiddie
October 25, 2018 by JohnCun • Computers, Definitions 0 Comments
A Script kiddie is a person who uses scripts and programs developed by others for the purpose of compromising computer accounts, files and launching attacks on whole computer systems (see DoS), and in general does not have the ability to write said programs on their own. Such programs have included WinNuke applications and BackOrifice2K . By following this link you will find useful IT technology information about open source projects wiki.
Often applied as a derogatory term for individuals who do not contribute to the development of new security-related programs, especially exploits, but rather benefit from the work of others.