Re: Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project

[Ahmad Elkhatib <ahmad.elkhatib () gmail com>]

Is it just a coincidence that all these cyberspying stories are coming right
when the administration i the US is preparing for a cybersecurity bill ? I
mean no doubt these things might happen but why are they all surfacing now
and mainly by WSJ :)

-Ahmad

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 8:30 AM, quispiam lepidus <
quispiam.lepidus () gmail com> wrote:

> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027491029837401.html
>
> WASHINGTON -- Computer spies have broken into the Pentagon's $300
> billion Joint Strike Fighter project -- the Defense Department's
> costliest weapons program ever -- according to current and former
> government officials familiar with the attacks.
>
> Similar incidents have also breached the Air Force's
> air-traffic-control system in recent months, these people say. In the
> case of the fighter-jet program, the intruders were able to copy and
> siphon off several terabytes of data related to design and electronics
> systems, officials say, potentially making it easier to defend against
> the craft.
>
> <snip>
>
> If they had slow network links, one would hope the intruders wouldn't
> have had the time to "siphon off several terabytes of data"...
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