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IP: Hackers Invade Pentagon Computers
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:32:03 -0500
<http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/digest/nat1.htm>http://washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/digest/nat1.htm =A0 Hackers Invade Pentagon Computers=20 By Susanne M. Schafer AP Military Writer Wednesday, February 25, 1998; 11:16 a.m. EST WASHINGTON (AP) -- During the last two weeks, the Pentagon's unclassified computer networks have been subjected to ``fairly heavy cyber attacks,'' the military's number two civilian official said today.=20 ``It was the most organized and systematic attack the Pentagon has seen to date,'' said John Hamre, deputy secretary of defense.=20 Hamre told defense reporters at a breakfast meeting that the event had ``all the appearances of a game'' and apparently was perpetrated by ``a small= number of individuals.''=20 The deputy defense secretary said he was constrained from divulging too many details about the attacks because the military was working in cooperation= with the Justice Department in pursuing potential criminal activity.=20 The official said the attacks did not appear to be connected with the= ongoing crisis involving Iraq.=20 (more follows but I would rather stay out of jail!!!!)=20 ******************************** See you at INET'98, Geneva 21-24, July 98 <http://www.isoc.org/inet98/>
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