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Re: UK: Chinese Suspected of Hacking into Ministry of Defence Networks
From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 05:33:52 -0600 (CST)
No kidding! Hehe Fergie, I wonder when people will realize all this stuff is going on. Or is this news report bringing us to awareness? On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Fergie wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via The Scotsman (props, Flying Hamster). [snip] Ministry of Defence computer networks have been repeatedly penetrated by hackers, raising fears that sensitive military information could have been obtained by foreign powers. The MoD yesterday confirmed its systems have been hacked into at least nine times since 2002. Five of the successful "attacks" took place last year. Computer-security experts say the real number is likely to be even higher, as some hackers are skilful enough to leave no trace of their activities. The ministry was unable to say where the attacks originated, but Western security officials are increasingly concerned that China is using hackers to target sensitive information. [snip] More: http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=193442007 - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFFySq4q1pz9mNUZTMRAlbcAKDmWp/esPEm3fRCAMU9cpvts2GtgwCfZ4hM RCJDM3WlpAzl/LvLvCCpH34= =U0bW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: UK: Chinese Suspected of Hacking into Ministry of Defence Networks Gadi Evron (Feb 07)