[image: Government] On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:35 AM, TJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think we're more likely to be doomed from our politicians and government > intervening in our lives more than they should than any scientific > experiment. > > On 9/16/08, Mike French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> September 15, ABC News - (International) Large Hadron Collider's hacker >> infiltration highlights vulnerabilities. Though the Large Hadron >> Collider's infiltration by hackers did not disrupt the historic project, >> experts warn that its computer systems are vulnerable. Shortly after >> physicists activated the Collider on Wednesday, hackers identifying >> themselves as Group 2600 of the Greek Security Team accessed computers >> connected to the Compact Muon Solenoid detector, one of four key >> subsystems responsible for monitoring the collisions of protons speeding >> around the 18-mile track near Geneva, Switzerland. A few scientists had >> worried that the experiment could inadvertently create a >> planet-swallowing black hole. Physicists called this impossible, or at >> least extraordinarily unlikely. But the hack raises a different sort of >> worst-case scenario: the largest and most complicated science experiment >> in history, intended to reveal basic information about the composition >> of matter, derailed by malevolent intruders. The LHC experiments have >> very complex computer systems for data recording and analysis and even >> more sensitive systems for experiment control, trigger and data >> acquisition," said an MIT physicist and Collider collaborator. "You >> could imagine that penetrating the 'real time domain' could have >> catastrophic consequences." Source: >> http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5804254&page=1 >> >> MIKE FRENCH >> NETWORK ENGINEER >> ~EQUITY BANK >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Doing IT Right! >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > > > > -- Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can't handle stress and caffeine. - unknown ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
