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U.S. Commerce Department Hacked Again
evil agent writes "The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), a branch of the Commerce Department, has sustained several successful attacks. Chinese hackers were able to gain access to its computers and install rootkits and other malware." From the article: "This is the second major attack originating in China that's been acknowledged by the federal government since July. Then, the State Department said that Chinese attackers had broken into its systems overseas and in Washington. And last year, Britain's National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Center (NISCC) claimed that Chinese hackers had attacked more than 300 government agencies and private companies in the U.K."
Chinese hackers installing root kits? Are you sure they weren't Japanese (aka Sony)?
Hm...so this here purple panda bear says he wants to be my buddy and help me out on the intarweb. Sounds good to me! (click) Gosh I wonder why my workstation is so slow, almost as if its sending all its files to ch!@$!$JGOJ!THIS POST 0WNZ0R3D BY CHINESE HAXORS
The Chinese have been trying for years to lose that pesky Most-Favored-Nation status, and this administration is not going to give in.
Don't forget kids, all these problems will be solved when the US govt goes to ipv6. Since no-one else will be using it, it will confound and confuse anyone trying to hack in!
There is nothing interesting going on at my blog
You mean you're going to ask the Department, "Does it run Linux"?
ARE YOU CRAZY OR SOMETHING? let's not let obvious facts such as these get in the way of a good xenophobic rant and/or nationalistic orgy
Apparently the the head of commerce has found a way to unclog the tubes. Now when chineese haxors put their message into the internet it won't be delayed.
I hope I don't lose anyone by getting too technical - but another tell-tale sign is the presence of those nifty fortune cookie fortunes at the bottom of all their hax.