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DRUDGE: Feds Investigate Huge Computer Attack; Worldwide Hunt for 'Stakkato'
Drudge Report ^
| May 9, 2005
| Matt Drudge
Posted on 05/09/2005 6:11:18 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
1000s of computer systems serving U.S. military, NASA, prominent research labs have been penetrated by 'single intruder or a small band, apparently based in Europe'... MORE... Spokeswoman for White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico confirmed there has been 'unauthorized access'... Developing...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: exploit; hacking; securityflaw; unauthorizedaccess; usgovernment
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To: ShadowAce
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posted on
05/09/2005 6:14:08 PM PDT
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
To: West Coast Conservative
'single intruder or a small band, apparently based in Europe' Perhaps the intruders were based in Europe.
Or China and North Korea could conceivably be implicated since they have been said to have state-sponsored computer intrusion programs.
To: snowsislander
4
posted on
05/09/2005 6:15:30 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(I am looking for a good backrub.)
To: snowsislander
I certainly get a large number of attempted hacker attacks on my home PC that originate in China. My McAfee firewall stops about 20 attacks from China every week. They appear to be testing our defenses against cyber-attack.
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posted on
05/09/2005 6:18:16 PM PDT
by
defenderSD
("I am not a troll" said the troll as a thunderous Zot descended on him.)
To: West Coast Conservative
Oh, joy. Place your bets here, folks: was it A: a 19-year-old Euroweenie anarchist looking to create chaos, B: a pedo-worshiping Moosie fundamentalist probing our cyber-security, or C: some America-loathing, Greenpeace-enabling, Continental vegan Leftist looking to stir things up?
OK, I know how much overlap there is there. I'm just trying to keep the wagers in three separate pots, OK? LOL :-)
6
posted on
05/09/2005 6:19:15 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Help Nature to thin the herd. Eat a liberal.)
To: Viking2002
Last weekend something got in my good computer, and
scrambled a lot of stuff, still haven't got it straightend
out. Having to use backup unit on lan.
Wish I could get my hands on who ever was responsible.
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posted on
05/09/2005 6:22:14 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
Makes you want to form a cyber-posse, and render the culprit's fingers keyboard-resistant, doesn't it? Believe me, if you could explore the dark nether-regions of my fertile mind......
8
posted on
05/09/2005 6:27:23 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(Help Nature to thin the herd. Eat a liberal.)
To: West Coast Conservative
Hardware firewalls and subnets are your friend.
9
posted on
05/09/2005 6:27:32 PM PDT
by
TSgt
(Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
To: West Coast Conservative
Test run for something bigger.
10
posted on
05/09/2005 6:28:12 PM PDT
by
rintense
To: West Coast Conservative
Spokeswoman for White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico confirmed there has been 'unauthorized access'>>>>>>
@#@!@$^%&&**(%$@!!
11
posted on
05/09/2005 6:31:09 PM PDT
by
Selkie
("There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent)
To: West Coast Conservative
12
posted on
05/09/2005 6:34:02 PM PDT
by
BigFinn
(Put a Tiger in your tank.)
To: defenderSD
I'm having a lot of attacks against all of my systems trying out a long list of account names recently. (Those are always happening, but this one seems a lot more comprehensive.)
13
posted on
05/09/2005 6:34:09 PM PDT
by
mhx
To: defenderSD
My elderly mom bought a computer about 6 years ago, and uses it primarily for email. She knows absolutely nothing about firewalls, hacker attacks, and the like. I figure there are tens of thousands of people like her hooked up on the internet.
1. How likely is it some mischief has occured to her computer?
2. What's the worst I should be worried about?
3. Would you advise that I tell her to junk it and get a Webtv?
4. Which leads to another question. Are Webtv users immune from such things?
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posted on
05/09/2005 6:37:16 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: West Coast Conservative
Whoa. The lovely Europeans again.
15
posted on
05/09/2005 6:38:03 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever killed or captured.)
To: snowsislander
yes but, seriously, i'm sure we do too. My guess, stupid kids or Jihadis.
To: snowsislander
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
by Clifford Stoll
An old but good read, on this subject.
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posted on
05/09/2005 6:40:21 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(Sane, and have the papers to prove it!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
outstanding book!!! and it all started over a discrepancy of a few cents on a bill...
18
posted on
05/09/2005 6:50:41 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: West Coast Conservative
Hackers never do anything without leaving a message in the code. I wonder what the message is?
19
posted on
05/09/2005 6:53:52 PM PDT
by
IYAAYAS
(Live free or die trying)
To: Ken H
The only thing I have running is a Sygate personal firewall, and I use Mozilla FireFox. Nothing else.
I haven't had a single problem, be it a virus, spam, etc. in years.
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posted on
05/09/2005 6:54:40 PM PDT
by
jsmith48
(www.isupatriot.com)
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