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CHINA Chinese Hackers Target Senate Computers
COVERT RADIO SHOW - The Daily Blast ^ | March 23, 2009 | n/a

Posted on 03/23/2009 2:40:44 PM PDT by Cindy

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The Daily Blast for March 23, 2009

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SNIPPET: “CHINA Chinese Hackers Target Senate Computers

Cyber hackers believed to be based in China have tapped three times into the computer network in US Sen. Bill Nelson’s office, the Florida Democrat said Friday.

Two attacks on the same day this month and another one last month targeted work stations used by three Nelson staffers — a key foreign-policy aide, the deputy legislative director and a former Nelson NASA advisor, according to Nelson’s staff.”

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Politics; Religion
KEYWORDS: 111th; billnelson; china; chinese; computer; computers; cybersecurity; democrat; hacker; hackers; nelson; senator; tm; ussenator

1 posted on 03/23/2009 2:40:44 PM PDT by Cindy
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“Florida senator says office computers were hacked”
PalmBeachPost.com ^ | 03-21-09 | PalmBeachPost.com
Posted on March 21, 2009 12:08:08 PM PDT by prismsinc

WASHINGTON


2 posted on 03/23/2009 2:41:51 PM PDT by Cindy
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And what do you think they would find? How to run a country into the ground.


3 posted on 03/23/2009 2:43:48 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC!)
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To: Cindy

They’re targeting everything. In the past few days, since I last cleared my router’s log, I’ve got close to 400 DoS attacks, most all of which, according to whois, originated in China.


4 posted on 03/23/2009 2:45:57 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Cindy

no kidding


5 posted on 03/23/2009 2:46:07 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 63 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: AFreeBird; Cindy

Scratch that. ALL the attacks and scans on my router originate from China.


6 posted on 03/23/2009 2:59:18 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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General musing-opinion...

If China and Russia is not in the stats or junk email; one would think they’ve fallen off the ends of the earth.


7 posted on 03/23/2009 3:21:25 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy
OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID CHOPPER...

8 posted on 03/23/2009 3:48:04 PM PDT by GoldMan (Never try to rationalize an irrational mind............)
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Oh my, nope, global choppers are in NY and in the Middle East.


9 posted on 03/23/2009 3:50:37 PM PDT by Cindy
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BTTT


11 posted on 03/28/2009 12:26:20 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Thank you Jet Jaguar.


12 posted on 03/28/2009 12:37:25 AM PDT by Cindy
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