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US Military 'Hacked' by Emails
An anonymous reader writes "Two of the US Military's most important science labs were apparently 'hacked'. Phishing mail was sent to a pair of research labs, where trojan programs allowed interlopers access to the otherwise secure networks. One of the sites was the infamous Los Alamos, which has been discussed many times here at Slashdot for its string of security breaches. 'Los Alamos has a checkered security history, having suffered a sequence of embarrassing breaches in recent years. In August of this year, it was revealed that the lab had released sensitive nuclear research data by email, while in 2006 a drug dealer was allegedly found with a USB stick containing data on nuclear weapons tests. "This appears to be a new low, even drug dealers can get classified information out of Los Alamos," Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), said at the time. Two years earlier, the lab was accused of having lost hard disks.'"
If only Area 51 would follow suit...
Today's Terrorism is just a fabrication to cover up the real truth.
That there are Aliens among us, and that USA and Iran both know about it.
Listen to Kucinich.
I kid.
those ICBMs don't have ethernet jacks for their firmware updates ;)
Mushroom clouds be in order, beeyach!
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Don't believe him. Conspiracy theorists aren't for real. They are government agents pretending to be conspiracy theorists, in order to distract us, to keep us from discovering their great conspiracy.
Terrorists can't threaten a country's freedom and democracy. Only lawmakers and voters can do that.
Which type of aliens though? Fom space or those just seeking a job?
There is no "disagree" moderation, and troll, flamebait and overrated are not valid substitutes
Is it really worth pouring more money into this idiotville if every bit of scientific progress they make is practically public knowledge soon after?
Exactly, because scientific progress is so worthless if it's made public.
You just got troll'd!
Shouldn't there be a large *Poof!* now, and the faint tinge of logic hanging in the air?
If you know your history, our government and military have always used campaigns of disinformation against our enemies. Maybe sensitive information was stolen, but there is an equal chance they simply recognized the attack and allowed "sensitive information" to be compromised. That's just my opinion, I guess we'll never really know.
My dearest Omnifarious.
Compliments of the day. My name is Mr.Moses Odiaka.I work in the credit and accounts department of Union Bank of NigeriaPlc,Lagos, Nigeria. I write you in respect of a foreign customer with a Domicilliary account. His name is Engineer Manfred Omnifarious. He was among those who died in a plane crash here in Nigeria during the reign of late General Sani Abacha.
Since the demise of this our customer, Engineer Manfred Omnifarious, who was an oil merchant/contractor, I have kept a close watch of the deposit records and accounts and since then nobody has come to claim the money in this a/c as next of kin to the late Engineer. He had only $18.5mllion in his a/c and the a/c is coded. It is only an insider that could produce the code or password of the deposit particulars. As it stands now,you are the closest next of kin alive to claim Engineer Manfred Omnifarious's estates.
I hereby ask for your co operation in using your name as the next of kin to the deceased to send these funds out to a foreign offshore bank a/c for mutual sharing between myself and you. At this point I am the only one with the information because I have removed the deposit file from the safe.By so doing, what is required is to send an aplication laying claims of the deposit on your name as next of kin to the late Engineer Omnifarious. I will need your full name and address telephone/fax number,company or residential, also your bank name and account,where the money will be transfer into.
I am currently in europe for a six months course,you can reach me on this number for further discussion 0031 623 663.Kindly send your reply to my private email address stated below.
Trusting to hear from you,
I remain Respectfully yours,
Mr Moses Odiaka.
(0031 623 663)
Quoth the headline: "Los Alamos has a checkered security history" ...
Hey, where I work we don't talk like that. I interpret that to be a politically correct, human resources filtered, public official sanctioned version of the statement: "They're about as secure as a hooker's panties on New Years Eve in Times Square."
I could be wrong, of course.
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Awwwww... someone's bitter about being laid off. Poor baby. I hear The Home Depot is hiring :)
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...
Listen p*ssy. I'm sure your the same homo that posted earlier about alf's boner and you just want to remain anonymous fo