Interesting AP Story

St. Lou Stu · 08-02-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 68TriShield

It seems that maybe criminal hackers attend these conferences, no?

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...08-01-19-35-53

Classic Microsoft complacency.
Microsoft... "We're looking into it."
Mozilla... "We'll have it fixed this week."

68TriShield · 08-02-2009, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by St. Lou Stu

Classic Microsoft complacency.
Microsoft... "We're looking into it."
Mozilla... "We'll have it fixed this week."

Being a Mozilla user I was pleased to read that

markem · 08-02-2009, 10:29 AM

btw, just in case that anyone thinks that information of any kind is safe, here is a report about hacking the international banking system as considered by the US in 2003.

excerpt:

It would have been the most far-reaching case of computer sabotage in history. In 2003, the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies made plans for a cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in the bank accounts of Saddam Hussein and cripple his government’s financial system before the United States invaded Iraq. He would have no money for war supplies. No money to pay troops.

“We knew we could pull it off — we had the tools,” said one senior official who worked at the Pentagon when the highly classified plan was developed.

But the attack never got the green light. Bush administration officials worried that the effects would not be limited to Iraq but would instead create worldwide financial havoc, spreading across the Middle East to Europe and perhaps to the United States.

full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/us...2cyber.html?hp

CasaDooley · 08-02-2009, 12:10 PM

Nothing is really "safe" anymore, is it

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markem Bunion Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mark Location: Second Star on the Right Posts: 22,647 Trading: (47)	Re: Interesting AP Story btw, just in case that anyone thinks that information of any kind is safe, here is a report about hacking the international banking system as considered by the US in 2003. excerpt: It would have been the most far-reaching case of computer sabotage in history. In 2003, the Pentagon and American intelligence agencies made plans for a cyberattack to freeze billions of dollars in the bank accounts of Saddam Hussein and cripple his government’s financial system before the United States invaded Iraq. He would have no money for war supplies. No money to pay troops. “We knew we could pull it off — we had the tools,” said one senior official who worked at the Pentagon when the highly classified plan was developed. But the attack never got the green light. Bush administration officials worried that the effects would not be limited to Iraq but would instead create worldwide financial havoc, spreading across the Middle East to Europe and perhaps to the United States. full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/us...2cyber.html?hp __________________ I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member. ~ Groucho Marx

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