Just reading about the space-command computers being hacked made me queasy. Was the individual in a "third country" located? China or middle east?
FYI...Gold up to $390 early this morning...
Please check WestCoastGal's post #2792.
Really raises the "pucker factor" a notch or two.
That possibility opens a plethora of horrifying scenarios.
I can't find any other follow up stories to the Space Command article. Here is another cyber terror article.
The USA at risk of cyberterrorism
Date: May 20, 2004
Source: The Dartmouth Online
By: Tim Spellman
Cyberterrorism expert Andy Cutts of Dartmouth's Institute for Security Technology Studies addressed the Dickey Center's War and Peace discussion panel Friday, briefing the group on Operation Livewire, a recent nationwide cyberterror simulation that tested America's preparedness in the event of a major cyber attack.
Cutts spoke specifically about the possibility of a sustained, campaign-level attack on the United States' computing networks, such as banking, law enforcement, energy and emergency response networks, by an unknown adversary. Because of the anonymous nature of cyberterrorism, he said, such an attack could come from virtually any source, including an enemy state or a small terrorist group.
"There have been examples of cyber attacks that have gone on for years, and the National Security Agency still does not know who is perpetrating them," Cutts said. "There are hundreds of thousands of computers in this country that are compromised."
When asked if there was any idea of who was controlling these computers, Cutts said there was not.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/20.05.2004/287