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US Military 'Hacked' by Emails

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-before-you-click dept.

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.'"

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  1. Flipside by SlipperHat · · Score: 3, Funny

    "even drug dealers can get classified information out of Los Alamos" Well, even overworked scientists need drugs! It's not as if science just pops out of thin air you know? You need to get high.. I mean think!

    I kid.
  2. Thank god.... by Schnoogs · · Score: 4, Funny

    those ICBMs don't have ethernet jacks for their firmware updates ;)

  3. Guns just not enough to defend their turf by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

    This appears to be a new low, even drug dealers can get classified information out of Los Alamos,"

    Mushroom clouds be in order, beeyach!

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  4. Re:shut er down! by QuickFox · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  5. Re:shut er down! by webmaster404 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Which type of aliens though? Fom space or those just seeking a job?

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  6. Re:shut er down! by 4D6963 · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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  7. Re:shut er down! by gardyloo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shouldn't there be a large *Poof!* now, and the faint tinge of logic hanging in the air?