Plus, PAN under attack, IT whistleblowers get a payout, and China kills online scammers Infosec in brief On August 29, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency fired its CISO, CIO, and 22 other staff for incompetence but insisted it wasn't in response to an online attack. New material suggests FEMA's claim may be false....

Reputations earned over years of service can work wonders On Call Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's weekly reader-contributed column that shares your stories from the frontlines of tech support....