lol Lets hope not anyway.
On Monday 27 October 2003 12:41 am, Senectus - wrote:
> I'd imagine that computer security has come a long way in te last 6 years..
> and although not immune to this sort of attack.. I'd bet they're pretty
> damned resiliant against them..
>
> I doubt if they ran the same test that the results would be anywhere near
> as bad..
>
>
>
> Senectus
>
>
>
> "Imagine a school with children that can read and write, but with teachers
> who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we
> live." - Peter Cochrane
>
> >A paragraph from my studies I found rather interesting, and thought you
> >might
> >too.
> >
> >
> > {Hacking has become a serious problem, with new reports of hacking
> >attempts into private or government computers occurring almost daily. For
> >example, U.S. Department of Defense computers are attacked by hackers
> >hundreds of thousands of times a year, with probably many more times that
> >number of attacks going undetected. Many feel, in fact, that hacking is
> > one of the most serious threats to our nation's security. For example, in
> > 19997 the National Security Agency hired 35 professional hackers to
> > perform simulated attacks on the U.S. electronic onfrastructure. During
> > that exercise, the hackers achieved access to 36 of the Department of
> > Defense's 400,000 networks, turned off sections of the U.S. power grid,
> > shut down parts
> >of the 911 network in Washington, D.C., and gained access to systems
> >aboard
> >a Navy cruiser at sea. Aother example of the potential threat hackers to
> >our
> >defense occured during the Gulf War when it was reported that Dutch
> > hackers stole information about U.S. troop movements from U.S. Defense
> > Department computers and tried to sell that information to the Iraqis.
> > Fortunately, the
> >Iraqis thought it was a hoax and turned it down. Hacking also poses a
> >serious
> >threat to vulnerable business computer systems.}
> >--
> >Chris
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> >Science is an atempt to investegate the mirical of life.
> >
> > The Martian Chronicles
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