RSSPentagon Target of Cyber Attack
By the Betanews Staff | Published June 21, 2007, 5:16 PM
A cyber attack on the Pentagon Wednesday forced the Defense Department to shut down about 1,500 computers after its systems detected a possible compromise, it said Thursday. The Pentagon deals with hundreds of attacks a day, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said. This attack had no adverse effect, and he expected to have the systems back online as soon as possible.
Employees who may have a compromised system were instructed to conduct business using their Blackberries. Gates talked down the event, saying there would only be "some administrative disruptions and personal inconveniences." As for Gates' personal computer, he said he doesn't use e-mail and is a "very low-tech person."
yep i did it
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|Something tells me that they didn't ask the NSA for a security audit.
https://www.nsa.gov/selinux ... perhaps they might think of doing so in future.
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|You know, if you actually did hack one of their systems, the smartest thing you could do is immediately contact them and apply for a job in their IT department. Otherwise you're probably gonna be sleeping next to Jimmy Hoffa.
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|lol ........... yep
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|"This attack had no adverse effect"
You would think that this was something "unusual" if they had to shut down 1500 computers... or is this just a normal day in the office?
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|I just can't help remembering George Orwell when I read this kind of articles :D
What was the name of it ..? "The ministry of truth", maybe? Can't remember ...
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|You are thinking of the ministry of peace, which conducted war campaings. The ministry of truth was the propaganda house. The ministry of love was in charge of the criminal justice system. The ministry of plenty was incharge of resource management.
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