"Many warnings keep popping up when it comes to how severe our
vulnerability to cyber attack is and we are not putting forth enough
effort to prevent a future (far more damaging attack). Our leaders are
spending money and time (our money) on more unnecessary avenues instead
of focusing on what they should be... Our ship is has many leaks, and to
begin repairing all of the damage we must go to the source, and start on
the foundation and work our way up."
Consul Nicholas Moore
"Anonymous said the client list it posted was a small slice of the 200
gigabytes worth of plunder it stole from Stratfor and promised more
leaks. It said it "was able to get the credit details in part because
Stratfor didn't bother encrypting them -- an easy-to-avoid blunder
which, if true, would be a major embarrassment for any security-related
company."
"The group has previously claimed responsibility for attacks on
companies such as Visa, MasterCard and PayPal, as well as others in the
music industry and the Church of Scientology."
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/25/hackers-target-us-security-think-ta
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Update: http://news.yahoo.com/york-times-says-targeted-china-hackers-wen-report-040732303--finance.html
"For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times, infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for its reporters and other employees," The Times said on Thursday.
"Security experts hired by The Times to detect and block the computer attacks gathered digital evidence that Chinese hackers, using methods that some consultants have associated with the Chinese military in the past, breached The Times's network."
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