European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday March 23 2007 stars and stripes pages Senate oks Keating As head of Pacoma the Senate Fate monday con firmed the renomination of Navy adm Timothy j Keating to the rank of Admiral and reassignment As commander of us Pacific command Camp he Smith Hawaii Keating will relinquish com Mand of North american Aero space defense command and us Northern command after More than two years during the same confirmation process air Force it Gen Victor e Renuart or senior military assistant to Secretary of defense Robert m Gates was confirmed to be promoted to the rank of Gen eral and appointed As the new commander of Norad and us North com expected to attend the change command ceremony Are Secretary of defense Gates and Canadian chief of the de sense staff Gen Rick Hillier according to a com news release do awarded contracts sees growth slowed Washington for the first time since the sept 11 2001 terrorist attacks the annual growth rate of Pentagon awarded con tracts has slowed to 87 percent after five straight years of Dou ble digit increases according to a world policy Institute report released on the fourth anniversary of the used invasion of Iraq the report from the new Yor based think tank says de sense spending increases slowed in 2006 As the demand for person Nel operations and maintenance began to drag Down spending in creases on research and develop ment and building of weapons sys tems air Force wont reopen Helo contract bidding Washington the air Force said tuesday that it will not reopen a billion military Heli copter contract awarded to Boe ing co but will continue to talk to two rival companies that contested the contract an air Force spokesman said tuesday night that the discus Sions would not be opened to companies beyond Boeing and the two other companies Lockheed Martin corp and Sikorsky air Craft were working with the government accountability Boeing Sikorsky and Lockheed to resolve the concerns and ensure and open and transparent pro Cess said maj Aaron Burgstein an air Force spokesman Boeing which plans to build the helicopters at its Plant in rid Ley Park a beat out Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky in novem ber for the contract to build 141 helicopters by 2019 the Rescue aircraft Are used to recover downed pilots wounded combat vets Roll on seaways Arlington a a dozen combat veterans left disabled by wounds suffered in Iraq Are learn ing How to get around the Washington area quickly the soldiers and marines Are getting practice Riding Seaway scooters the St Louis based group segs4vets and the do Seaway enthusiasts group is providing training for the wounded military personnel segs4vets has set a goal of getting the machines to any Veteran amputee who might Benefit from having one from staff reports and the associated press Pentagon investigating my pay hacking reports by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes Arlington a investigators Are looking into How some my pay users had their accounts hacked said defense department spokesman it col Brian Maka operated by the defense finance and account ing service or Dias my pay allows All service members and defense department civilians to Check their finances online about two dozen my pay users have had their accounts hacked Over the past eight months Proba Bly after their personal information was stolen from their Home computers using spyware a Dias official said in a wednesday email to stars and stripes there Are about 37 million my pay users Dias was notified that a Small number of my pay participants May have had their accounts accessed by unauthorized personnel most Likely using personal information stolen from Home computers via spyware Maka wrote in a wednesday email to stars and stripes the matter has been referred to the defense criminal investigative service and is under investigation Maka said defense spokesmen could not say by press time How Many people might thus far be affected Dias has instituted a heightened monitoring process of my pay transactions to detect suspicious activity in accounts Maka said when we detect what we believe is suspicious activity we Are immediately notifying the receiving financial institutions to reverse the payment last week the Navy Reserve sent out a mass email warning that a Sailor had discovered his my pay account had been hacked and his personal identification number had been stolen the Hacker redirected his direct Deposit institution to a credit card Vendor called wired plastic a prepay credit card according to the email obtained by stars and stripes at this Point it appears As though he might not receive a paycheck on payday apparently the Hacker changed the account one Day prior to the pay information upload from Dias indicating that the Hacker is Well versed in military pay accounts preliminary findings indicate that the neither the my pay system itself nor its database on person Al information have been hacked Maka said the problems discovered so far Are due either to the user failing to protect their account number and pin or via key logging he said recently Dias said tips to avoid having your personal information stolen include do not store user ids and passwords on your computer close All of your browser windows after View ing sensitive information online such As your Bank account be careful when installing software that gives others Access to your computer do not Send personal or financial information via email understand that Dias will never Send you an email asking you to update or verify information account users also Are urged to buy software to protect their computers from hackers Maka said in addition Dod service members and civil ians can download and install antivirus and fire Wall software free under terms of the Dod enter prise antivirus License with the supporting Compa Nies Maka said email Jeff Schogol at no 1ntil am cheaper Price and if you in Check Shihi Billel a world of difference i 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