Posted on 07/07/2009 7:30:10 PM PDT by John W
WASHINGTON - A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime, The Associated Press has learned.
The Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department Web sites were all down at varying points over the holiday weekend and into this week, according to officials inside and outside the government. Some of the sites were still experiencing problems Tuesday evening.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
AMEN to that , I was already thinking the same thing. What I was thinking actually was- starting a coordinated campaign to write/E-mail the Chinese Embassy, asking them to cease all loans to Obumma, and dump all of our bonds that they hold. Making sure that we tell the Chinese Embassy that the USA will not repay, just might starve the administration of further indebtedness that will destroy our country. Any comments?
We'll see what happens when this comes on-line...
Can someone explain to me why all these government agencies are connected to external networks? Does the Deputy Under Secretary of Transportation really need access to porn sites during the workday? Are they planning their next holiday on our tax dollar?
The Chinese government would *love* China being cut off.
Went for blood work and was handed a brochure on giving setting up accessibilty of results online. Not too prominently displayed was thegood ol’ Google logo.
From that article:
The DDoS attacks appear to be originating from compromised computers located primarily in the Asia Pacific region and are being delivered as plain-vanilla floods of ping, syn and UDP packets, said the person, who asked not to be identified because he wasn't authorized to share the details.
[ ... ]
There seems to be some confusion about just how powerful the attacks are. The person familiar with the attacks said they were relatively modest.
"Most are easy to mitigate," the person familiar with them said. "I'm surprised any of these attacks are as effective as they are."
But an unidentified person briefed by government investigators told IDG News the attacks directed as much as 20 gigabytes to 40 gigabytes of bandwidth per second during their height over the weekend. They have since settled down to about 1.2 gigabytes per second, IDG said.
I don’t know much about programming but if most our products are made in other countries wouldn’t it be simpler to just hide a virus from the factory? Eh, maybe not.
According to initial reports from South Korean Intelligence.
More will be known tomorrow (Asia time) in briefings to South Korean legislators. From there, it will be undoubtedly made public.
Thanks, AIT. Keep us informed as usual, please.
My take? Probably something nasty coming out of Kimch’aek Institute of Technology in P’yongyang and/or from the Graduate Division of P’yongyang Computer Technical College- ....these are crack teams developed under the aegis of the Korean People’s Army—but this might be low level stuff, just testing and probing. It is clear whom they want to hit, though. Usually one KPA lieutenant is in charge of a core/team of DPRK cyber attackers. Sources: South Korean media our time, tonight.
Bunch of hackers on steroids - a hive of villainy like no other. Even as you read this, eBaum's World is planning the destruction of over 9,000 different targets worldwide with their ability to explode vans of all kinds with cyber-telekinesis. Some argue that they have the ability to access any page on the tubes at any time, with a single keystroke. Noone is safe.
The first of many attacks to occur on Obama’s watch.
Yes. It will cascade internationally. And with great speed I predict. The man simply invites it from our adversaries, with his talk and his policy.
You misspelled job. :O)
man, them dudes be lookin’ baaad
Simple floods? A modern router/firewall combo can easily take care of these.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
