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Federal Web Sites Hit Hard By Cyber Attacks
MSNBC ^ | Juy 7, 2009 | Lolita C. Baldor

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 ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; cybersecurity; cyberterrorism; independenceday2009; nkorea; northkorea; tm
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To: avacado



Sorry. Couldn't resist. :)
61 posted on 07/07/2009 11:29:27 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (BG x 2 (and a heartbeat was heard today....))
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To: Safrguns
"Anything our enemy can do to shut down our government probably helps us right now more than it hurts us."

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?

62 posted on 07/07/2009 11:53:29 PM PDT by matthew fuller (The status quo is unacceptable. Deport 40,000,000 illegal Mexicans.)
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To: matthew fuller
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?

I was hesitant about saying what I did... so i worded it carefully to express a sentiment... not intent.

I seriously doubt this bafoon needs any help from us in bringing this country down... and we sure don't need to give him any valid reasons to blame us for it.

Sounds like the country is starting to wiggle a little bit. Maybe they will wake up by 2010 so we will have less work to do after the Chinese have their way with us... so lets not join the efforts to bring our own house down.
63 posted on 07/08/2009 12:55:03 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: John W; All
The steel is up... Image and video hosting by TinyPic We'll see what happens when this comes on-line...
64 posted on 07/08/2009 12:59:05 AM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: John W

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?


65 posted on 07/08/2009 3:06:41 AM PDT by GnL
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To: Syntyr

The Chinese government would *love* China being cut off.


66 posted on 07/08/2009 4:00:13 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

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.


67 posted on 07/08/2009 4:03:47 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: John W
There's a bit more information at this story: US websites buckle under sustained DDoS attacks.

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.


68 posted on 07/08/2009 4:38:10 AM PDT by snowsislander (NRA -- join today! 1-877-NRA-2000)
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To: John W

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.


69 posted on 07/08/2009 5:05:48 AM PDT by Karliner (Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before. DDE)
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To: John W
North Korea.

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.

70 posted on 07/08/2009 5:21:25 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A nation obsessing on a dead serial child molester-at a time when it faces nuke war-has "issues")
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Thanks, AIT. Keep us informed as usual, please.


71 posted on 07/08/2009 5:38:57 AM PDT by John W
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To: John W
Thank you. As I surmised on another thread today:

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.

72 posted on 07/08/2009 5:43:03 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A nation obsessing on a dead serial child molester-at a time when it faces nuke war-has "issues")
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To: John W; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

73 posted on 07/08/2009 5:59:24 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I blame Ebaum’s.

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.

74 posted on 07/08/2009 6:04:05 AM PDT by M203M4 (A rainbow-excreting government-cheese-pie-eating unicorn in every pot.)
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To: John W

The first of many attacks to occur on Obama’s watch.


75 posted on 07/08/2009 6:13:25 AM PDT by rjp2005 (Lord have mercy on us)
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To: rjp2005

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.


76 posted on 07/08/2009 6:28:33 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A nation obsessing on a dead serial child molester-at a time when it faces nuke war-has "issues")
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To: softengine
They should think about outsourcing to a reputable company that does IT Security.


77 posted on 07/08/2009 6:30:43 AM PDT by GalaxieFiveHundred
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To: Squantos

You misspelled job. :O)


78 posted on 07/08/2009 6:32:01 AM PDT by papasmurf (Save us from 0bama, I prayed. Then I heard, "the 2nd, I saved")
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To: GalaxieFiveHundred

man, them dudes be lookin’ baaad


79 posted on 07/08/2009 6:32:25 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (A nation obsessing on a dead serial child molester-at a time when it faces nuke war-has "issues")
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To: snowsislander

Simple floods? A modern router/firewall combo can easily take care of these.


80 posted on 07/08/2009 6:42:29 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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