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Internet Attack Called Broad and Long Lasting by Investigators (fwd)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 08:35:40 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: chodge5 () utk edu Date: May 10, 2005 10:35:45 AM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>Subject: Internet Attack Called Broad and Long Lasting by Investigators (fwd)
Not sure whether you've posted this yet or not to IP. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 22:37:34 -0700 From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu> To: nanog () nanog org Subject: Internet Attack Called Broad and Long Lasting by Investigators SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 - The incident seemed alarming enough: a breach of a Cisco Systems network in which an intruder seized programming instructions for many of the computers that control the flow of the Internet. Now federal officials and computer security investigators have acknowledged that the Cisco break-in last year was only part of a more extensive operation - involving a single intruder or a small band, apparently based in Europe - in which thousands of computer systems were similarly penetrated. ....http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/technology/10cisco.html? hp&ex=1115784000&en=eeb27da2e75ec022&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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