That's it, I'm moving to Canada!!

[Sanctus]

Look at what I found on / . :confused2:


HACKERS BREACHED US ARMY SERVERS




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An anonymous reader writes "A Turkish hacking ring has broken into 2 sensitive U.S. Army Servers, according to a new investigation uncovered by InformationWeek. The hackers, who go by the name 'm0sted' and are based in Turkey, penetrated servers at the Army's McAlester Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma in January. Users attempting to access the site were redirected to a page featuring a climate-change protest. In Sept, 2007, the hackers breached Army Corps of Engineers servers. That hack sent users to a page containing anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric. The hackers used simple SQL Server injection techniques to gain access. That's troubling because it shows a major Army security lapse, and also the ability to bypass supposedly sophisticated Defense Department tools and procedures designed to prevent such breaches."
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/28/1952214

[thehoodedsmack]

That's fairly troubling, but it's not like they're spying on the Pentagon or anything. Still, there's more than enough room for you up here! :3

[Sanctus]

You're right hooded, but what concerns me is the vulnerability of the army's servers. To me, this is an example.

[TheGhost]

It's not troubling, seems more like they just got access to a couple of the web servers, which aren't going to contain any "sensitive information"

[Heathen]

what ghosty said

[Sel]

It's not troubling, seems more like they just got access to a couple of the web servers, which aren't going to contain any "sensitive information"

Yeah, they dont let it get spread through the internet, they just leave it on usb keys and sell them in pawn shops

HEH

[Cortexian]

Most military "web sites" that are publicly available have absolutely no tie-in with their internal intranet servers. I know this because I toured the CF data center with Cadets (it also makes sense).

Come live up here with me anyways Selentic!

[Heathen]

UH, Sel isn't OP.
And he is already Canada right?

Also, ya, why on earth would they connect their site to their sensitive information?

[Cortexian]

Oh well, in that case I don't fucking care. I thought this thread was cool... Sanctus you need to stay where you are because we can't have worry warts like you all up in her'.

[Sanctus]

I was just trying to grab attention with the title. I did read another article somewhere that some sensitive information was actually stolen by hackers in a separate incident. The IP Address was in China, but the article also said that if they're good enough to steal sensitive information, they can mask their IP Address. I can't remember which site it was on though. It might have been slashdot... or popular science maybe. I can't remember. :embarrassed:

[kid908]

I was just trying to grab attention with the title. I did read another article somewhere that some sensitive information was actually stolen by hackers in a separate incident. The IP Address was in China, but the article also said that if they're good enough to steal sensitive information, they can mask their IP Address. I can't remember which site it was on though. It might have been slashdot... or popular science maybe. I can't remember. :embarrassed:

they prob didn't masked their IP Address. they prob rerouted their IP through hundreds of servers to which it was traced to China.

[TeeKup]

Matthew I need to talk to you concerning next weeks trip.

[jcap]

I wonder if they really hacked the web server or if it was a DNS "hack."

Did they redirect to another site, or another page on the same server?

[Bodzilla]

That's fairly troubling, but it's not like they're spying on the Pentagon or anything. Still, there's more than enough room for you up here! :3
can i come too?

suddenly john freemans head whipped up straight up!

[nooBBooze]

You're right hooded, but what concerns me is the vulnerability of the army's servers. To me, this is an example.



Seriously, why should you care?

[Sanctus]

Yeah Kid, that's what the article said. They rerouted their ip address and it was traced to China. And I care because if someone is able to steal sensitive information, it could lead to problems here at home. Example: The locations of every missile silo in the U.S and their codes to arm the missiles are stolen. That information is then sold to a terrorist organization. Now they know where and how to exploit that information. However unlikely, that could spell trouble.

[nooBBooze]

Yeah Kid, that's what the article said. They rerouted their ip address and it was traced to China. And I care because if someone is able to steal sensitive information, it could lead to problems here at home. Example: The locations of every missile silo in the U.S and their codes to arm the missiles are stolen. That information is then sold to a terrorist organization. Now they know where and how to exploit that information. However unlikely, that could spell trouble.

Maybe it's because I stopped paying attention to the media for some months but Jesus Christ that's pretty fucking far fetched.

[Cortexian]

Yeah Kid, that's what the article said. They rerouted their ip address and it was traced to China. And I care because if someone is able to steal sensitive information, it could lead to problems here at home. Example: The locations of every missile silo in the U.S and their codes to arm the missiles are stolen. That information is then sold to a terrorist organization. Now they know where and how to exploit that information. However unlikely, that could spell trouble.
Yea, they store all that on the web server in the "/silosecrets" directory.

:gonk:

[Boba]

Yea, they store all that on the web server in the "/silosecrets" directory.

:gonk:
:mech:

...

:mech2:

[Phopojijo]

It's not troubling, seems more like they just got access to a couple of the web servers, which aren't going to contain any "sensitive information"
This time... (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027491029837401.html)

[Heathen]

I cant be the first to ask, but why is Sanctus using that really annoying font? If I wanted to read wiggly words, I'd put my monitor in my toilet.

E:oh, not always.