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http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=39438By Bob Brewin Govexec.com March 3, 2008The Defense Department said Monday that cyberattacks in 2007 against computer networks operated by governments and commercial institutions around the world "appear" to have originated within China -- marking the first time the Pentagon has so visibly pinned the blame against China for cyberattacks.Defense made its cyber warfare charge against China in its annual report [1] to Congress on China's military read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 260 days ago
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The truth finally comes outA network intrusion at the Pentagon nine months ago resulted in the theft of an "amazing amount of data" that continues to pose a threat to national security, the CIO of the Defense Department said earlier this week.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 234 days ago
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7323698.stmBBC News31 March 2008A US defence department analyst has admitted giving classified information about military communication systems to a businessman working for China.Gregg Bergersen, 51, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to disclose national defence information "to persons not entitled to receive it".Mr Bergersen faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on 20 June.Correspondents say his admission comes amid growing concern in Wash read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 199 days ago
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http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/the-pentagons-w.htmlBy Noah ShachtmanDanger RoomWired.comMay 05, 2008The Pentagon's way-out researchers don't just want to build an Internet simulator, to test out cyberwar tactics. They want the range's operators to "realistically replicate human behavior and frailties," too.Congress has ordered the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, to put together a National Cyber Range, as part of a massive (and massively secret) $30 billion, government read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 189 days ago
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http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46264-1.htmlBy Wilson Dizard IIIGCN.com05/15/08 A military cryptology organization has asked the vendor community for advice on some of the technology options available to help upgrade the government's classified communication systems.The Cryptologic Systems Group's Cryptographic Modernization Program Office at Lackland AFB, Texas, issued a request for information (RFI) [1] recently regarding multilevel security (MLS) and multiple independent levels of security.Both of th read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 158 days ago
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McKinnon begins nail-biting Lords wait amid claims of US threatsGary McKinnon's legal team said they will take their fight against his extradition all the way to the European Court of Human Rights on Monday, as the highest court in England began deliberations on whether to turn him over to US authorities.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 114 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:46:54 -0500 (CDT)http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/27/internationalcrime.hackingBy Jamie Dowardhome affairs editorThe ObserverJuly 27 2008When he wakes up this morning, Gary McKinnon will be 72 hours from learning whether he is on the fast track to a 60-year prison sentence, thanks to his obsession with aliens.McKinnon, 42, from Enfield in north London, is accused by American prosecutors of illegally accessing top-secret computer read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 113 days ago
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British national Gary McKinnon is accused of hacking into NASA and Pentagon systems while looking for evidence of UFOs. McKinnon was charged in 2002 with illegally accessing Pentagon, U.S. Army, Navy and NASA systems, and causing $700,000 worth of damage in the biggest military hack of all time. - LONDON (Reuters) - A British computer expert lost his appeal onWednesday against extradition to the United States where he is accusedof quot;the biggest military hack of all time quot; and could face up to read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 99 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:22:18 -0500 (CDT)http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/12/mckinnon_european_injunction/By John LeydenThe Register12th August 2008Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon has been granted a short reprieve from possible extradition to the US while a European court decides whether or not to intervene.Law lords rejected McKinnon's appeal against extradition last month, leaving the European Court of Human Rights as his final avenue of appeal. McKinnon's read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 79 days ago
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US mil still wide open to attack, says reformed hackerAs accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon hopes against hope to avoid being extradited to the US, another reformed military systems meddler considers his own case - and how different the outcome was.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 74 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 03:07:55 -0500 (CDT)http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-cyber8-2008sep08,0,909623.storyBy Julian E. BarnesLos Angeles Times Staff WriterSeptember 8, 2008WASHINGTON -- Igniting a provocative new debate, senior military officials are pushing the Pentagon to go on the offensive in cyberspace by developing the ability to attack other nations' computer systems, rather than concentrating on defending America's electronic security. read more »
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