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."

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looks like BIS workstations ..

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"doesn't mean the hacked server wasn't using Windows, but there's also a good chance it was running Linux", xswl0931

It's not a server but hundreds of workstations. What OS do you think they are running on the desktop.

"Hundreds of computers must be replaced to cleanse the agency of malicious code, including rootkits and spyware."

"had identified several successful attempts to attack unattended BIS workstations during the overnight hours."

"The official also confirmed that BIS has limited Internet access to stand-alone workstations that are not connected to the bureau's internal network."

http://www.bis.doc.gov/ was running Microsoft-IIS on Windows 2000 when last queried at 7-Oct-2006 02:01:33 GMT

was Re:What OS? Looks like Linux