Saturday, December 10, 2011

Cyber-Intruder Sparks Massive U.S. Federal Response



Cyber-Intruder Sparks Massive Federal Response — And Debate Over Dealing With Threats -- Washington Post

The first sign of trouble was a mysterious signal emanating from deep within the U.S. military’s classified computer network. Like a human spy, a piece of covert software in the supposedly secure system was “beaconing” — trying to send coded messages back to its creator.

An elite team working in a windowless room at the National Security Agency soon determined that a rogue program had infected a classified network, kept separate from the public Internet, that harbored some of the military’s most important secrets, including battle plans used by commanders in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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My Comment: This is a comprehensive post that deserves to be read. What is my take .... our adversaries are developing very sophisticated tools to penetrate our "secured" networks .... makes you wonder on what is happening on our "unsecured" networks.

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