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Hackers Stole Information From IAEA Servers

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porsche911 writes "A hacker group called 'Parastoo' have broken into an International Atomic Energy Agency computer and released details of more than 100 IAEA experts. They are asking the experts to criticize Israel's nuclear arsenal (English translation)." The IAEA confirms the breach happened, but that it was of a decommissioned server. The statement from Parastoo courtesy of Cryptome.

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  1. Re:Pointless. by Samantha+Wright · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then oh my god you guys, Israel will have so much egg on its face. They won't be able to be seen in public any more. It'd be, like, a big deal. How could the IAEA betray them like that without provocation? They were friends!

    But actually, they're of the opinion that Iranian nuclear scientists have been getting attacked lately, and they want that to stop. The Israel-criticizing was lower on the priority list. I have no idea how the summary missed this.

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  2. It's an Iranian attack group. by gcnaddict · · Score: 5, Informative

    Parastoo means swallow (as in the bird) in Farsi, for anyone wondering.

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    1. Re:It's an Iranian attack group. by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

      African or European?

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  3. Decommissioned Server by jeffy210 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "...but that it was of a decommissioned server."

    Um, who cares if it's live, going, or in a pile in a room. If it has valid data on it it is still a viable target and needs to be secured in whatever way is necessary. It's even worse if it was a system that was still online, supposed to be marked for decommissioned and they just didn't keep up on securing it anymore.

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  4. phew! by MagicM · · Score: 4, Funny

    I misread that as "Hackers Stole Information From IKEA Servers". I was worried there for a moment.

  5. What is the nature of the data they stole? by JSBiff · · Score: 2

    As far as I know, IAEA is energy focused, not weapons, and so wouldn't keep things like CAD files for nuclear weapons or parts on its server. From the article, it sounds like it was information stolen about people who've worked with/for IAEA?

  6. Hackers stole ... by maxwell+demon · · Score: 2

    Now, which one will get more comments about how it is wrong: The use of the word "Hacker", or the use of the word "stole"? :-)

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  7. Re:Pointless. by Martin+Blank · · Score: 2

    I see the sarcasm, but it's important for people to know that Israel is not a signatory to the NNPT and hence is not bound by its requirements for declarations and inspections. Neither is North Korea, Pakistan, or India, all nations with nuclear arsenals (North Korea's is perhaps debatable), and the only nuclear-armed nation that has not threatened to use one, though their policy of deliberate ambiguity basically precludes such threats.

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