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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| (slow) China - Pentagon attack, last june, stole an amazing amount of data |
| 2008-03-08 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #10 John Murtha demands we surrender now |
| Posted by: Icrigger 2008-03-08 19:40 |
| #9 I told them, I told them, I told them. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-03-08 19:39 |
| #8 The Pentagon has stepped up its network protection since the intrusion, and added additional protection in the form of smart cards and digital signatures. This boggles, we've been using smart cards and digital signatures for well over a year and I just work in a hospital. Our internet time (I'm told) is closely monitored as it should be, however, this does put a crimp on my Rantburg time while at work. ;) |
| Posted by: Jan 2008-03-08 11:25 |
| #7 The reason for people to be fired would be for choosing to use Microsoft Windows. That was the root cause of the problem and the reason access was gained to those systems. I wonder if this event is the reason for the Pentagon choosing Macs. ANY computer on the internet is open to being attacked. ANY computer that receives emails or attachments is open to attack. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-03-08 11:10 |
| #6 From what I gather, it's another case of Lawfare as the lawyers are obstructing counter measures because of 'liability' concerns. Treasonous Lawyers and their never ending Lawfare will be the death of us. Maybe we should return the favor. |
| Posted by: Pearl Unitch6506 2008-03-08 09:21 |
| #5 From what I gather, it's another case of Lawfare as the lawyers are obstructing counter measures because of 'liability' concerns. Someone really needs to start cleaning out these type of people. If you allow your router/server/computer to be a zombie for an attack, tough crap when you find it smoking and the harddrive frozen from melted components from the heat overload in its death spin. Its just another version of the Hague Convention of 1907 - "a neutral country has the obligation not to allow its territory to be used by a belligerent. If the neutral country is unwilling or unable to prevent this, the other belligerent has the right to take appropriate counteractions." |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-03-08 09:15 |
| #4 It was probably just run of the mill stuff, like Aegis Destroyer codes, lists of operatives in China, nuclear installation details, you know, just stuff. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-03-08 08:48 |
| #3 Seems the IT folks at the Pentagon are It would not surprise me if there are people on the inside helping these attacks get through. Our gubbmint is astonishingly stupid...on so many levels. Criminally so. |
| Posted by: Alistaire Tholusing9135 2008-03-08 08:30 |
| #2 Seems the IT folks at the Pentagon are clueless. Probably didn't get fired either. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-03-08 08:22 |
| #1 That is seriously bad news that the DoD IT system at the Pentagon, of all places, is subject to attack. The comm system has always been the most sensitive military system with highest levels of secrecy. They had better concentrate on this and conquer the ability to penetrate fast. |
| Posted by: Rupert Chaimp5657 2008-03-08 08:07 |