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Four Charged With Stealing Army Helicopter Training Software

Posted by Soulskill on from the because-what-hacker-doesn't-have-a-helicopter-laying-around dept.

itwbennett writes: Four alleged members of an international computer hacking ring face charges in the U.S. of breaking into the computer networks of the U.S. Army and several tech companies and stealing several software packages, including programs used to train Army helicopter pilots, as well as software and data related to the Xbox One gaming console, the Xbox Live online gaming service and popular games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Gears of War 3.

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  1. That's odd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't even know you could train helicopters.

    1. Re:That's odd by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nope, that's software for helicopter-training your dog.

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  2. Re:SQL Injection? in 2014?sheesh by Onuma · · Score: 4, Funny

    If only the DoD and US Army maintained some kind of security standard like 8570 ... oh wait.

    SQL injections. They deserved what they got.

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  3. Memo : read ALL the headline by OakDragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Four Charged With Stealing Army Helicopter...

    Whhuuuuut??!?!?

    ...Training Software

    oh... meh

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